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Smyth, James Grenville, 1825-1907
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1825-1907
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.