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George Smyth (Australian Politician)
George Smyth may refer to: * George W. Smyth (1803–1866), Texas politician *George Smyth (lawyer) George Smyth (1705 – 15 February 1772) was an Irish lawyer and judge. He was the son of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh, Dean of Emly and later Bishop of Ardagh, and Mary Kingsmill). His br ... (1705–1772), Irish lawyer and politician * George Smyth (Canadian politician) (1864–1938), Ontario farmer and political figure * George Stracey Smyth (1767–1823), Canadian politician * Sir George Smyth, 6th Baronet (1784–1852), British Member of Parliament for Colchester * George Smyth (physician) (c. 1629–1702), Original Fellow of the Royal Society, on List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1663 * George W. Smyth (Mississippi judge) (died 1832), a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi See also * George Smith (other) * George Smythe (other) {{hndis, Smyth, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George W
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. While in his twenties, Bush flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. In 1978, Bush unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball before he was elected governor of Texas in 1994. As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He also helped make Texas the leading producer of wind powered electricity in the nation. In the 2000 presidential election, Bush defeated Democratic incum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Smyth (lawyer)
George Smyth (1705 – 15 February 1772) was an Irish lawyer and judge. He was the son of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh, Dean of Emly and later Bishop of Ardagh, and Mary Kingsmill). His brothers included Charles Smyth, MP for Limerick, and Arthur Smyth, Archbishop of Dublin. Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' London John Murray 1926 p.161 He was educated at a local school in Limerick and at the University of Dublin, which he entered in 1723, graduating in 1727. Ball p.216He entered the Middle Temple in 1728. He was called to the Bar in 1734, and became King's Counsel in 1758. He was Recorder of Limerick. He was appointed Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions for County Dublin in 1759.Ball p.161 In 1763 he presided over the celebrated inquiry into the mental capacity of Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely. He was his brother's Seneschal in the See of Dublin from 1765. He represented Blessing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Smyth (Canadian Politician)
George Smyth (November 1, 1864 – 1938) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He was elected in the 1926 provincial election representing Dundas in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal-Prohibitionist member and sat until 1929. The 1926 election was largely fought on the Conservative government's proposal to repeal the ''Ontario Temperance Act''. He was born in Matilda Township, Canada West, the son of Oliver Smyth. He was educated in Morrisburg. In 1900, he married Mary Dickey, the daughter of a former county warden. Smyth served as reeve for Matilda from 1922 to 1924 and was warden for the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (SDG) is an upper-tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario that comprises three historical counties and excludes the City of Cornwall and the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne. However, ... in 1924. External links *''Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry : a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Stracey Smyth
George Stracey Smyth (4 April 1767 – 27 March 1823) was Commander-in-Chief, North America, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. Biography Born in England, he was appointed an ensign in the East Norfolk Regiment of Militia in 1779. He joined the army as an ensign in the 25th Foot in 1780. In 1791, as a lieutenant, he served with Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of George III, in Gibraltar. He would serve on the prince's staff in Gibraltar, Quebec, the West Indies, and Nova Scotia for twelve years. In 1798, he was promoted to major and the following year was the senior aide-de-camp and acting quartermaster general for the Duke of Kent when he became Commander-in-Chief, North America. In 1812, he was promoted to major general. From 1817 to 1823, he was the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. While he was Commander-in-Chief his wife Amelia Ann Smyth (née Cantelo) died and has a memorial to her in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Smyth, 6th Baronet
Sir George Henry Smyth, 6th Baronet of Upton (30 January 1784 – 11 July 1852) was a British Conservative and Tory politician. Early life and family Smyth was the son of Sir Robert Smyth, 5th Baronet of Berechurch and spinster Charlotte Sophia Delaval Blake. Educated first in Paris, he was admitted to Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1802, and inherited his father's Berechurch estate in 1805—which he extended and rebuilt, making him popular and respected in the local Colchester area—and the Baronetcy of Upton. In 1815, he married Eva Elmore, daughter of George Elmore of Penton, near Andover in Hampshire, and they had at least one child, Charlotte (1813–1845), who was illegitimate. Political career While refurbishing his estate, Smyth became popular and a leading figure in the local anti-Catholic Tory Blue party, which dominated local politics. In 1821, he chaired the meeting which saw the creation of the Loyal Colchester Association, which aimed to "counteract the diffusion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Smyth (physician)
George Smyth may refer to: * George W. Smyth (1803–1866), Texas politician *George Smyth (lawyer) George Smyth (1705 – 15 February 1772) was an Irish lawyer and judge. He was the son of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh, Dean of Emly and later Bishop of Ardagh, and Mary Kingsmill). His br ... (1705–1772), Irish lawyer and politician * George Smyth (Canadian politician) (1864–1938), Ontario farmer and political figure * George Stracey Smyth (1767–1823), Canadian politician * Sir George Smyth, 6th Baronet (1784–1852), British Member of Parliament for Colchester * George Smyth (physician) (c. 1629–1702), Original Fellow of the Royal Society, on List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1663 * George W. Smyth (Mississippi judge) (died 1832), a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi See also * George Smith (other) * George Smythe (other) {{hndis, Smyth, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Smith (other)
George Smith may refer to: Business * George Smith (architect) (1782–1869), southeast London architect *George Girdler Smith (1795–1878), engraver in Boston, Massachusetts *George Smith (publisher, born 1789) (1789–1846), Scottish-born publisher *George Smith (financier) (1808–1899), Chicago financier *George Samuel Fereday Smith (1812–1891), English industrialist * George Smith (publisher, born 1824) (1824–1901), British publisher *George Sutherland Smith (1830–1903), steamer captain and winemaker in Australia *George Smith (philanthropist) (1831–1895), campaigned against industrial child labour *George Murray Smith the Younger (1859–1919), chairman of the Midland Railway * George Washington Smith (architect) (1876–1930), American architect * George Albert Smith Jr. (1905–1969), professor at Harvard Business School * George Alvin Smith (1844–1908), Richmond, Virginia businessman * George Bracewell Smith (1912–1976), London businessman and hotel owner Ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
