SMYTHE, WILLIAM, brother of George Smythe (qv); b. 23 Jan 1803; adm. 23 Sep 1816 (Packharness'); KS 1817; Capt. of the School 1821; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1822, matr. 18 May 1822, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics 1825; BA 1826; MA 1828; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Nov 1825, called to bar 27 Nov 1829; adm. advocate 18 Dec 1835; Secretary to Board of Supervision, Scotland 1845-52 [check]; served on several Royal Commissions; of Methven Castle, Perthshire (inherited from half-brother in 1847); DL JP Perthshire, also for more than thirty years Convener of Perthshire; m. 1st, 9 Aug 1838 Margaret, eldest dau. of James Walker FRS, Great George Street, Westminster, civil engineer, President Institution of Civil Engineers; m. 2nd, 20 Feb 1849 Emily, dau. of Gen. Sir John Oswald GCB, Dunnikier, Fifeshire; d. 17 Sep 1892.
SMYTHE, WILLIAM MYNORS, third son of Patrick Murray Smythe (qv); b. 13 Jun 1850; adm. 23 Jan 1863 (G); left Whitsun 1866; adm. solicitor Easter 1872; practised at Birmingham, firm Smythe, Etches and Jackson; m. 11 Sep 1890 Mary Anne, third dau. of William Charles Alston, Elmdon Hall, Birmingham, Warwicks.; d. 3 Sep 1917.
SMYTHE, ROBERT, son of Rev. Anthony Smythe, Vicar of Gainsborough, Lincs., and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Gainsborough, Lincs. 22 Feb 1696 (IGI); adm.; QS (aged 16) 1713; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1717, matr. 27 Jun 1717, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1717 -–void 1722; BA 1721.
SMYTHE, RICHARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).
SMYTHE, PATRICK MURRAY, brother of George Smythe (qv); b. 3 Dec 1804; adm. 19 Sep 1818 (Packharness'); KS 1819; left 4 Apr 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 May 1823; BA 1827; MA 1829; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1828, priest (Worcester) 1830; Curate, Tanworth, Warwicks., 1829-47; Rector of Solihull, Warwickshire, from 1847; Hon. Canon, Worcester, from 1858; m. 6 Aug 1844 Anne Gertrude, second dau. of Robert Edward Eden Mynors, Weatheroak Hall, Worcs.; d. 23 Jan 1872.
SMYTHE, DENNIS; b.; adm.; KS 25 Oct 1549; left 1553 (Acts of Chapter i, 278).
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 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.