John Francis Smithwick (184427 August 1913) was an Irish businessman and politician.'Obituary', ''The Times'', 28 August 1913 John Francis Smithwick was a member of the

Smithwick's Smithwick's () is an Irish red ale-style beer. Smithwick's brewery was founded in Kilkenny in 1710 by John Smithwick and run by the Smithwick family of Kilkenny until 1965 when it was acquired by Guinness, now part of Diageo. The Kilkenny br ...

brewing family and took over as head of the firm. He was active in local politics, twice becoming High Sheriff of County Kilkenny and once of Kilkenny City, of which he was mayor in 1884. He was the first chairman of Kilkenny County Council, and one of the Auditors of the National Bank. From 1880 to 1886 he was Member of Parliament for

Kilkenny City Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilkenn ...

, a member of the Home Rule League. As a supporter of

Charles Stewart Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell (27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1875 to 1891, also acting as Leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882 and then Leader of the ...

he was one of the 32 members who were suspended in the sitting of 3 February 1881.

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* 1844 births 1913 deaths Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kilkenny constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 Mayors of Kilkenny 19th-century Irish businesspeople {{Ireland-business-bio-stub