John Smyth (1748–1811) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1783 to 1807. Porträt der Society of Dilettanti

Early life

Smyth was the son of John Smyth of

Heath Hall, Heath, West Yorkshire Heath Hall, Heath, Wakefield, West Yorkshire is a country house dating from 1709. Originally called Eshald House, the estate was purchased by John Smyth whose nephew engaged John Carr of York to reconstruct the house between 1754 and 1780. In ...

and his wife Bridget Foxley, daughter of Benjamin Foxley of London. He was educated at Westminster School and was admitted at

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...

in 1766. He married in 1778 Lady Georgiana, eldest daughter of Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.

Political career

Smyth served in Parliament as

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...

for Pontefract from 1783 to 1807. He was a Lord of the Admiralty, from 1791 to 1794, and a

Lord of the Treasury In the United Kingdom there are at least six Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, serving as a commission for the ancient office of Treasurer of the Exchequer. The board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Second Lord of th ...

, from 1794 1802. He was Master of the Mint from 1802 to 1804, and a Commissioner of the Board of Trade in 1805.

Later life and legacy

Smyth died 12 February 1811 in London. He and his wife Georgiana had four sons and two daughters. Their son *

John Henry Smyth John Henry Smyth MP (20 March 1780 – 20 October 1822) was a Whig member of Parliament for Cambridge University from 9 June 1812 until his death. Personal life and education Smyth was educated at Eton College and then Trinity College, Cam ...

, of Heath Hall (1780-1822), member of parliament for Cambridge, had issue ** John George Smyth, of Heath Hall, who had issue ***Diana Elizabeth Smyth, who married Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood (1824-1892) and had issue ****Edwin Harry Lascelles (1861-1924) ****Daniel Harry Lascelles (1862-1904) ****George Algernon Lascelles (1865-1932), who married Mabel Caroline Elcocke Massey (died 1951) and had issue *****Sybil Mary Lascelles (1907-1981), who married Humphrey Bradshaw Mellor Wright (1907-1997) ****William Horace Lascelles (1868-1949), who married Madeline Barton (died 1950) and had issue *****Mary Madge Lascelles (1900-1995) *****Sir Daniel William Lascelles (1902-1967) *****Pamela Diana Lascelles (1902-1988) *****Susan Olivia Lascelles (1907-1995) *****John Edward Lascelles (1911-1955) ****Francis John Lascelles (1871-1925), who married Gertie Stradling, and had issue *****Norah Gertrude Lascelles (1906-1972) ****Eric James Lascelles (1873-1901) ****Lady Susan Elizabeth Lascelles (1860-1925), who married Francis Richard Sutton ****Lady Mary Lascelles (1877-1930), who married Robert Wentworth Doyne and had issue *****Robert Harry Doyne (1899-1965), who married first Verena Seymour and second (1947) Nancy Butler and had issue ******Patrick Robert Doyne (born 1936) ******Diana Victoria Mary Doyne (born 1933), who married Robert Stephen Laurie ******Bridget Cecilia Doyne (1949-2013) **Major-General Henry Smyth (-1816), CB, married Rebecca Mary, daughter of Thomas Peirce, and had issue ***William John Smyth (1869-) of the

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...

, married Lilian May, daughter of Capt. Henry Clifford, RN, and had issue ****Sir John George Smyth, 1st Baronet, VC MC, married and had issue ****Herbert Edward FitzRoy Smyth, married and had issue ****Lt-Col Henry Malcolm Smyth, of the 9th Gurkhas, also of MI6, the Special Police Corps, Germany, and Shanghai International Police,

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

**Maria Isabella Smyth (-1889), married her cousin Robert FitzRoy and had issue ***Laura Maria Elizabeth FitzRoy (1858-1943), who died unmarried **Elizabeth Sarah Smyth, married Abraham Robarts, and had issue ***Abraham John Robarts (1838-1926), who married Edith Barrington and had issue ****Mary Edith Robarts (1870-1948), who married John Abdy Combe (1863-1929) ****John Robarts (1872-1954), who married Margaret Georgina Louisa Cholmeley (1875-1967) **** Gerald Robarts (1878-1961), who married Florence Fletcher and had issue *****David John Robarts (1906-1989), chairman of the National Provincial Bank, married and had issue *****Anthony Vere Cyprian Robarts (1910-1982), married Grizel Mary Grant (1914-2004) and had issue *****Peter Gerald Robarts (1915-1951) **Frances Smyth (-1892), married the politician Lt-Col Thomas Wood and had issue three sons and four daughters **Louisa Georgiana Smith (-1842), married Gervase Parker BusheBurke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 7th edition, volume II, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1886, p. 1692

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smyth, John 1748 births 1811 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Lords of the Admiralty Masters of the Mint Politicians from Pontefract