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.
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.