John George Smyth
JP DL MP (5 February 1815 – 10 June 1869) was a
Conservative
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member of Parliament for the
City of York
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from August 28, 1847 to July 11, 1865.
Smyth was the eldest son of
John Henry Smyth (1780–1822), of
Heath Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire, a Whig MP for
Cambridge University
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(1812–1822) and Lady Elizabeth Anne FitzRoy, daughter of
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
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.
His younger brother,
Henry Smyth, was an Army officer and the grandfather of
Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
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.
Smyth married the Honourable Diana Bosville Macdonald (12 April 1812 – 8 December 1880), daughter of
Godfrey Macdonald, 3rd Baron Macdonald of Sleat, on 25 April 1837. They had four daughters.
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1869 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1852–1857
1815 births
Politicians from York
UK MPs 1847–1852
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1859–1865