SMYTH, WILLIAM; b.; adm. 19 Feb 1781.
SMYTH, SIR WARINGTON WILKINSON, eldest son of Adm. William Henry Smyth FRS FSA, Royal Navy, President, Royal Astronomical Society and Royal Geographical Society, and Annaretta, only dau. of Thomas Warington, British Consul at Naples; b. 29 Aug 1817; adm. 14 Jan 1825; went to Bedfiord GS; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 27 Mar 1835; BA 1839; MA 1844; probably the only Westminster who was a member of the First and Second Trinity Boat Clubs; rowed for Cambridge v. Oxford 1839; mining geologist, Geological Survey of the British Isles 1844; Lecturer, Royal School of Mines, from 1851; Mineral Surveyor, Duchy of Cornwall 1852; Inspector of Crown Minerals 1857; FRS 3 Jun 1858; President, Geological Society 1876-8; Chairman, Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines 1879-86; knighted 12 Aug 1887; author, A Year with the Turks, 1854, and a number of papers on geological subjects; m. 9 Apr 1864 Anna Maria Antonia, third dau. of Anthony Mervin Story Maskelyne, Basset Down House, Wilts.; d. 19 Jun 1890. DNB.
SMYTH, SIR ROBERT, BART. , son of Rev. Robert Smyth, Vicar of Woolavington, Somerset, and Dorothy, dau. of Thomas Lloyd, Dolyglunnen, Merioneth; b. 10 Jan 1744; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1775); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Jan 1762, matr. Easter 1762; BA 1766; MA 1775; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Apr 1761; succ. cousin as 5th baronet 8 Dec 1765; MP Cardigan 1774 – 7 Dec 1775, Colchester 1780-4, 14 Jul 1784-90; travelling in Italy 1777-8; carried on a banking business in Paris from early 1790s; Tom Paine described Smyth in 1796 as “a very particular friend of mine” who has “lived several years in France, for he likes neither the government nor the climate of England” (Conway, Life of Thomas Paine, 1892, ii, 240); present at the famous British dinner held at White’s Hotel in Paris on 18 Nov 1792 to celebrate recent French victories, at which he renounced his title and proposed the toast “The speedy abolition of all hereditary titles and feudal distinctions”; became a member of the British Revolutionary Club; subsequently imprisoned in Paris for more than a year; m. 17 Sep 1776 Charlotte Sophia Blake, Hanover Square, London; d. 12 Apr 1802.
SMYTH, ROBERT; b.; adm. 26 Jan 1778.
SMYTH, ROBERT, son of Robert Smyth, Peterborough, Northants, grocer; b.; at school under Freind nearly three years (J. E. B. Mayor & R. F. Scott, Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb., ii, 11); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 26 Jun 1717, aged “past 17”, matr. 1717; BA 1720/1; MA 1724; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 23 Sep 1722; Domestic Chaplain to Catherine, widow of John Leveson Gower, 1st Baron Gower; Rector of Woodstone, Hunts., from 5 May 1730; member, Spalding Gentlemen’s Society 12 Mar 1726; an antiquary who formed extensive manuscript collections; assisted Cole with his History of the University of Cambridge; d. after bathing in river Nene 15 Sep 1761.
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.