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Thomas Smythe (other)
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Thomas Smythe (c. 1558 – 1625) was an English merchant and politician. Thomas Smythe may also refer to: * Thomas Smythe (customer) (1522–1591), English collector of customs duties * Sir Thomas Smyth, 2nd Baronet (died 1732), British Army officer and politician * Thomas Smythe, 1st Viscount Strangford (1599–1635), viscount in the Peerage of England * Thomas Smythe (artist), (1825–1906) English artist based in Suffolk See also *Thomas Smith (other) *Thomas Smyth (other) Thomas Smyth, Thomas Smythe or Tommy Smyth may refer to: *Thomas Smythe (customer) (1522–1591), collector of customs duties ("customer") in London during the Tudor period. *Sir Thomas Smythe (1558–1625), English entrepreneur *Thomas Smyth (bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Smythe
Sir Thomas Smythe (or Smith, c. 1558 – 4 September 1625) was an English merchant, politician and colonial administrator. He was the first governor of the East India Company and treasurer of the Virginia Company from 1609 to 1620 until enveloped by scandal. Early life The second surviving son of Thomas "Customer" Smythe of Westenhanger Castle in Kent, by his wife Alice, daughter of Sir Andrew Judde. His grandfather, John Smythe of Corsham, Wiltshire, was described as yeoman, haberdasher and clothier, and was High Sheriff of Essex for the year of 1532. His father was also a haberdasher, and was 'customer' of the port of London. He purchased Westenhanger from Sir Thomas Sackville, and other property from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Thomas Smythe's elder son, Sir John Smythe or Smith (1556?–1608) of Westenhanger, was High Sheriff of Kent in 1600, and father of Thomas Smythe, 1st Viscount Strangford. Thomas senior, one of thirteen children, was brought in his father's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Smythe (customer)
Thomas Smythe or Smith of London, Ashford and Westenhanger, Kent (1522–7 June 1591). was the collector of customs duties (also known as a "customer") in London during the Tudor period, and a member of parliament for five English constituencies. His son and namesake, Sir Thomas Smythe (died 1625), was the first governor of the East India Company, treasurer of the Virginia Company, and an active supporter of the Virginia colony. Family Thomas Smythe, born in 1522, was the second son. of John Smythe (d. 1538) and Joan Brouncker, the daughter of Robert Brouncker of Melksham, Wiltshire. John, a substantial yeoman and clothier of Corsham, Wiltshire, left Smythe a farm in the Hundred of Amesbury, Wiltshire, that provided an annual income of £20. After his father's death, Smythe moved to London to seek his fortune; Smythe was approximately 16 at the time. Career Smythe joined his father's merchant guild, the Haberdashers, and then the Worshipful Company of Skinners. In 1550 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Smyth, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Smyth, 2nd Baronet (after 1657 – 20 June 1732) was a soldier of the British Army. He was the second and youngest, but only surviving son of Sir William Smyth, 1st Baronet, of Redcliff in Buckinghamshire, by his second wife, a daughter of the Master in Chancery Sir Nathaniel Hobart. George Edward Cokayne, ''The Complete Baronetage''volume III(Exeter, 1903) p. 191 He inherited the baronetcy in 1697. Smyth was granted a commission as exempt and captain in the 2nd Troop of Horse Guards on 22 February 1690.Charles Dalton, ''English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661–1714''volume III(London, 1896) p. 129, note 1 He was promoted to guidon and major on 1 May 1693 and served in Flanders. On 1 February 1695 or 1696 he was appointed lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd TroopDalton (1896), p. 175-176, note 3 and his commission was renewed on the accession of Queen Anne. On 9 March 1702 he was granted brevet rank as colonel of Horse, and on 17 April 1702 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Smythe, 1st Viscount Strangford
Viscount Strangford was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in for Sir Thomas Smythe. He was a son of John Smith (also Smythe) J.P., High Sheriff of Kent 1600–1601, also M.P. for Aylesbury (in 1584) and Hythe (in 1586, 1587 and 1604), and grandson of Thomas Smythe, of Westenhanger Castle, collector of customs for London, haberdasher, and M.P. The sixth Viscount was British ambassador to Portugal, Sweden, the Ottoman Empire and Russia. In 1825 he was created Baron Penshurst, of Penshurst in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, enabling him and his descendants to sit in the House of Lords. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the seventh Viscount. He was a Conservative politician, best known for his association with Benjamin Disraeli and the Young England movement. He died young and was succeeded by his younger brother, the eighth Viscount. He was a man of letters. The titles became extinct on his death in , although his widow, Viscountess St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Smythe (artist)
Thomas Smythe (9 April 1825, Ipswich – 15 May 1906, Ipswich) was a British landscape artist who painted bucolic scenes and animals. He exhibited seventeen paintings with the Society of British Artists and was an active member of the Ipswich Art Society, Ipswich Fine Art Club from 1878 to 1903. Early life He was born the son of James Smyth (1780-1863) and his Sarah Harriet (née Skitter). He was brought up in Berners Street, Ipswich with his brother, Edward Robert Smythe (1810-1899), also an artist. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Smythe, Thomas 1825 births 1906 deaths 19th-century English artists 19th-century English painters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Smith (other)
Thomas Smith may refer to: Politics * Thomas Smith (MP for Midhurst), MP for Midhurst * Thomas Smith (MP for Great Bedwyn) (1382–1399), English politician * Thomas Smith (MP for New Romney) (1419–1432), MP for New Romney *Thomas Smith (MP for Dover), 1470–1471 * Thomas Smith (MP for Bristol), 1512, MP for Bristol *Thomas Smith (MP for Chippenham), 1554 *Sir Thomas Smith (diplomat) (1513–1577), English scholar and diplomat * Thomas Smith (MP for multiple constituencies) (1522–1591), Member of Parliament for Tavistock, Aylesbury, Rye, Winchelsea and Portsmouth *Thomas Smith (MP for Wigan), MP for Wigan, 1558 * Thomas Smith (English judge) (c. 1556–1609), member of Parliament for Cricklade, and for Tamworth *Thomas Smith (MP for Sudbury), MP for Sudbury, 1626 * Thomas Smith (governor of South Carolina) (1648–1694), governor of South Carolina, planter, merchant and surgeon * Thomas Smith (died 1728) (c. 1686–1728), British Whig politician, MP for four constituencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
