SMYTH, SIR NEVILL MASKELYNE, younger son of Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth (qv); b. 14 Aug 1868; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (G); left 1885; RMC Sandhurst 1886; 2nd Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards 22 Aug 1888; Lieut., 26 Apr 1895; Capt., 8 Dec 1897; Brevet Maj., 22 Aug 1902; Maj., 6th Dragoon Guards 28 Oct 1903; Lieut. -Col., 1 May 1909 – 30 Apr 1913; Brevet Col., 4 Dec 1912; temp. Brig. -Gen., 20 May 1915 – 27 Dec 1916; temp. Major-Gen., 28 Dec 1916 – 31 Dec 1917; Major-Gen. Jan 1918; Col., 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards 1920-5; retd. 1924; served in Zhob Valley expedition 1890-1, expedition to Dongola 1896, and Nile expeditions of 1897, 1898, 1899; severely wounded at battle of Omdurman 2 Sep 1898; mentioned in despatches LG 3 Nov 1896, and 30 Sep and 15 Nov 1898; VC 15 Nov 1898 (for gallantry at Omdurman); served in South African War 1902; during First World War served in Egypt, at Gallipoli, and on the Western Front; in command of Egyptian Army’s 1st class Military District, Sudan 1914-5, 1st Australian Infantry Brigade at Gallipoli 1915-6; mentioned in despatches LG 6 and 28 Jan and 13 Jul 1916, 4 Jan, 15 May and 11 Dec 1917, 28 May and 20 Dec 1918, 5 Jul 1919; CB 14 Jan 1916; KCB 9 Jun 1919; Commander, Order of Leopold, and Croix de Guerre, Belgium; Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, France; m. 23 Jul 1918 Evelyn Olwen, eldest dau. of Sir Arthur Osmond Williams, Bart., MP; d. at Melbourne, Australia 21 Jul 1941.
SMYTH, JOHN; b.; adm.; at school 1804, second quarter; left 1806.
SMYTH, JOHN, only son of John Smyth, Heath Hall, Yorks. , and Bridget, dau. of Benjamin Foxley, London; b. 12 Feb 1748; in school lists 1764, 1765; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 19 Mar 1766, matr. 1766; of Heath Hall, Yorks. , inherited from father 1771; Grand Tour (Italy) 1773; member, Society of Dilettanti 1775; Gentleman of the Privy Chamber 1782 [check]; MP Pontefract 11 Apr 1783-1807; a Lord of the Admiralty 7 May 1794 – Jul 1802; Master of the Mint Jul 1802 – Jul 1804; Privy Councillor 22 Sep 1802; Commissioner, Board of Trade 1 May 1805-6; m. 4 Jun 1778 Lady Georgiana Fitzroy, eldest dau. of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton KG PC; d. 12 Feb 1811.
SMYTH, JOHN HUGH STRACEY, elder son of Major-Gen. John Hall Smyth CB, Foots Cray, Kent, and Emma, only dau. of Charles Struth, Paris; b. 3 Aug 1854; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (G); left Christmas 1870; some mention of him and of his uncle Rev. Charles Brodrick Scott DD, Head Master of the School, will be found in his sister Dame Ethel Smyth’s Impressions that Remained; d. 11 Jul 1875.
SMYTH, JAMES GRENVILLE, third son of Rev. William Smyth, Elkington Hall, Lincs., and Mary, dau. of Samuel Ray, Tannington, Suffolk; b. 1 Jun 1825; adm. 29 Mar 1837 (Benthall's); QS 1840; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842 and 1 Aug 1843; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1844, adm. pens. 16 May 1844, scholar 1845; BA 1848; ordained deacon 1848, priest 1849; Curate, Barrowby, Lincs.; Vicar of North and South Elkington, Lincs., 1854-1901; Prebendary of Lincoln from 1885; leader of the mountaineering part that first reached the summit of Monte Rosa 31 Jul 1855; m. 14 Jul 1858 Emily, dau. of Rev. Edward Royds, Rector of Brereton, Cheshire; d. 15 Mar 1907.
SMYTH, HERBERT WARINGTON, elder son of Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth (qv); b. 4 Jun 1867; adm. 27 May 1880 (G); left Aug 1886; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1886; BA 1889; LLB 1889; MA 1898; LLM 1899; Secretary, Department of Mines, Government of Siam 1891-5, Director-Gen. 1895-7; Secretary, Siamese Legation, London 1898-1901; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 26 Apr 1899; Secretary for Mines, Transvaal 1901-10; member Legislative and Executive Councils, Transvaal 1906-7; advocate, Supreme Court, Transvaal; Secretary for Mines and Industries, Union of South Africa, and Secretary for Mines, Natal 1910-27; served in South African War 1901-2; Sub-Lieut., RNVR Nov 1914; Assistant Naval Transport Officer, South-West Africa 1914-5; South African Delegate, International Laboutr Conference, Washington, USA 1919 and Geneva 1922; CMG 3 Jun 1919; Order of White Elephant, Siam 1897; author, Five Years in Siam, 1898, and other works; m. 21 Jul 1900 Amabel Mary, third dau. of Sir Henry Sutton, Kt, Judge of the King’s Bench Division, High Court of Justice; d. 19 Dec 1943.
SMYTH, HENRY; b.; adm.; at school 1804-8.
SMYTH, HENRY, son of Edward Skeffington Smyth, Jubilee Hall, Queen’s Co., Ireland, and Mary Anne Needham; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1800; Capt. of the School 1804; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1805, matr. 25 May 1805, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics 1808; BA 1809; MA 1812; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Feb 1809, called to bar 5 Feb 1818; of Mount Henry, Portarlington, King’s Co., Ireland; m. Olivia, dau. of Rev. Edward Lucas, Coote Hill, co. Cavan; d. 10 Oct 1838.
SMYTH, EDWARD; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1648, but did not matr. and his name does not appear in the Dean’s Book.
SMYTH, BOYLE, eldest son of Boyle Smith, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1720; in under school list 1726; adm. Inner Temple 20 Jun 1729. [Presumably son of Boyle Smith (sic) and Arabella Wiseman, who m. St. Martin Outwich, London 8 Aug 1708 (IGI); and Boyle Smith, Esq., Boulogne, France, will PCC 18 Nov 1751]