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Smyth, John, 1748-1811
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1748-1811
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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.
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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.