George Smyth (1705 – 15 February 1772) was an Irish lawyer and judge. He was the son of Thomas Smyth,

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, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of

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and later

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, and Mary Kingsmill). His brothers included Charles Smyth, MP for

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, and

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. 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

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in 1734, and became

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in 1758. He was

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of Limerick. He was appointed Chairman of the

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for

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in 1759.Ball p.161 In 1763 he presided over the celebrated inquiry into the mental capacity of

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. He was his brother's

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in the See of Dublin from 1765. He represented

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in the

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from 1759 to 1761.He failed to hold the seat in 1761, but regained it at the next election, and held it until he was raised to the bench as a Puisne Baron of the

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on 25 November 1768. On 13 December 1771 he was appointed one of the Commissioners of Accounts for Ireland, but died two months later at

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. He was buried in

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. He was married on 4 August 1739 in

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, to Catherine Rawson, daughter of Philip Rawson of

. The couple had four children. George Smyth 4 August 1739 Marriage.
Editor: A. E. Langman. Marriage Entries in the Registers of the Parishes of S. Marie, S. Luke, S. Catherine, and S. Werburgh, 1627-1800. Exeter & London: William Pollard & Co. Ltd., 1915. 143 pages. Accessed in the Irish Records Extraction Database via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 8 March 2022.

Thomas Smyth (Archdeacon of Lismore) Thomas Smith, LL.D. was an Irish Anglican priest. The grandson of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and son of George Smyth, Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland), he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was appointed Archdeacon of ...

was one of their sons. Catherine died in 1770.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm * Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, ''The Book of Dignities'', 3rd edition, London 1894 (reprinted Bath 1969) 1705 births 1772 deaths 18th-century Irish lawyers Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Barons of the Irish Exchequer Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wicklow constituencies Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Members of the Middle Temple {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub