John George Smyth JP DL MP (5 February 1815 – 10 June 1869) was a Conservative member of Parliament for the City of York from August 28, 1847 to July 11, 1865.[1]
John George Smyth | |
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| Member of Parliament for City of York | |
| In office 28 August 1847 – 11 July 1865 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 February 1815 |
| Died | 10 June 1869 (aged 54) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Hon. Diana Bosville-Macdonald |
| Parents |
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Smyth was the eldest son of John Henry Smyth (1780–1822), of Heath Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire, a Whig MP for Cambridge University (1812–1822) and Lady Elizabeth Anne FitzRoy, daughter of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton.[2] His younger brother, Henry Smyth, was an Army officer and the grandfather of Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet, recipient of the Victoria Cross.[3]
Personal life
editSmyth 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.[3] They had two sons (who both died young) and four daughters. One, Diana, married Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood. Another, Louisa, married Sir John Thursby.[4]
References
edit- ^ Disraeli, Benjamin; Gunn, John Alexander Wilson; Wiebe, Melvin George (1982). Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1852-1856. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802041371.
- ^ Boase, Frederic (1965). Modern English biography: containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died between the years 1851-1900, with an index of the most interesting matter. Frank Cass. p. 1885. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3671. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1886), A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, vol. 2, p. 1692
External links
edit- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John George Smyth
- "Smyth of Heath, Family & Estate Records". The National Archives.