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Smyth

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Smyth
Blacksmith at work
Origin
MeaningSmith (metalwork)
Region of originOriginally England
Other names
Variant form(s)Smith, Smythe

Smyth is an early variant of the common surname Smith commonly found in Ireland.[1] Shown below are notable people who share the surname "Smyth".

Notable people sharing the Smyth surname

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Listed here are people who share the 'Smyth' surname, organized by birth year.

Name Birth Death Nationality • Notability • Notes
Born after 1400
William Smyth[2] c. 1460 1514 English • Roman Catholic Bishop; Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches; co-founder of Brasenose College
Richard Smyth (Regius Professor)[2] c. 1499 1563 English • first person to hold the office of Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford • migrated to France late in life
Born after 1500
John Smyth 1570 1612 English • founder of the modern Baptist denomination in England
Born after 1600
Born after 1700
Thomas Smyth[3] 1740 1785 Irish • Mayor of Limerick; member of Parliament • Smyth's children bore the surname 'Stuart' rather than 'Smyth'
John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort[3] 1742 1817 Irish • Member of the House of Commons; Peer of Ireland as Baron Kiltarton and Viscount Gort • Born 'John Smyth'; took the name 'Pendergast' in 1760; reverted to name 'Smyth' in 1785.
John Smyth 1748 1811 British • Master of the Mint of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer; Member of Parliament
Alexander Smyth 1765 1830 Irish-American • National politician; General during the War of 1812 • Born in Ireland and immigrated to the American colony of Virginia in 1775, at the age of 10[4]
George Stracey Smyth 1767 1823 English-Canadian • Second Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Canada • Born in England and migrated to Canada before 1798
James Carmichael Smyth 1779 1838 British • First Baron of Nutwood, Surrey; twenty-seventh Colonial Governor of the Bahamas; second Colonial Governor of British Guiana
John Henry Smyth 1780 1822 English • Member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge
William Henry Smyth[5] 1788 1865 English • Astronomer and author of the Bedford Catalogue of deep sky objects • Born to a Colonial American who immigrated to England after the American Revolution
William Smyth (professor) 1797 1868 American • Mathematician and theologian; author of several widely used mathematics textbooks
Born after 1800
George W. Smyth 1803 1866 American • National politician: third Representative from the Texas 1st Congressional District
Clement Smyth 1810 1865 Irish-American • Roman Catholic Bishop • Immigrated to the United States before 1849
Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth[5] 1817 1890 English • Geologist; member of the Royal Society; President of the Geological Society of London; Knighted in 1867 • Born to an English father while in Italy on a military posting
Sir Edward Selby Smyth 1819 1896 Irish-Canadian • British General; first General Officer commanding the Militia of Canada; Knight of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George • Immigrated to Canada before 1874
Frederick Smyth (New Hampshire politician) 1819 1899 American • Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire; Governor of New Hampshire
Charles Piazzi Smyth[5] 1819 1900 English • Astronomer Royal for Scotland; recipient of the Makdougall Brisbane Prize; pioneer in the field of infrared astronomy • Born to English father during Naval service in the Mediterranean
William Smyth (congressman) 1824 1870 Irish-American • National politician: eighth Representative from the Iowa 2nd District (died in office) • Immigrated (with his parents) to the United States in 1838, at the age of 14
Richard Smyth (minister) 1826 1878 Irish[6] • Academic; Member of Parliament
Robert Brough Smyth 1830 1899 English-Australian • Secretary for the Department of Mines at the height of the Australian gold rushes; author of a significant work on the Australian aborigines of Victoria • Immigrated to Australia in 1852, at the age of 22
Thomas Alfred Smyth 1832 1865 Irish-American • Union Army General during the American Civil War • Immigrated to the United States in 1854, at the age of 22
Joseph Grigsby Smyth 1847 1915 American politician. Member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1870 to 1873.
William Ross Smyth 1857 1932 Scottish-Canadian • National politician: second member of Parliament from Algoma East, Ontario • it is unclear when Mr. Smyth immigrated to Canada
Herbert Weir Smyth 1857 1937 American • author of a notable comprehensive grammar of Ancient Greek
Dame Ethel Smyth 1858 1944 English • Composer and leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom of the early 20th century
Albert Henry Smyth 1863 1907 Professor, writer, editor, curator for the American Philosophical Society; Widely noted among historians for finding hundreds of lost letters of Benjamin Franklin and publishing them for the first time.
George Smyth (Canadian politician) 1864 1938 Canadian • Ontario Provincial politician
Nevill Maskelyne Smyth 1868 1941 English • Victoria Cross recipient
Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet 1893 1983 English • Victoria Cross recipient; Member of Parliament; holder of the first Baronet of Teignmouth
Henry DeWolf Smyth 1898 1986 American • physicist; author of the Smyth Report (first history of the Manhattan Project)
Born after 1900
Larry Smyth 1902 1960 American • Journalist and public official
Bill Smyth (umpire) 1916 2007 Australian • Cricket test match umpire; Officer of the Order of Australia
Brendan Smyth (priest) 1927 1997 Northern Irish • Catholic priest, who used his position to facilitate the molestation of hundreds of children over a period of four decades
Jimmy Smyth (hurler) 1931 2013 Irish • prominent hurling athlete
Martin Smyth 1931 (living) Northern Irish • Grand Master of the Orange Order; eleventh Member of Parliament from the Belfast South constituency
Gilli Smyth 1933 2016 English • Musician; co-founder of the band Gong and founder of the band Mother Gong
Hugh Smyth 1941 2014 Northern Irish • Fifty-first Lord Mayor of Belfast; first leader of the Progressive Unionist Party
John Smyth 1941 2018 English Barrister
Clifford Smyth 1944 (living) Northern Irish • Historian and politician; second member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from the North Antrim constituency
Tommy Smyth 1946 (living) Irish-American • Sports journalist; football (soccer) commentator • Immigrated to the United States in 1963
Paul Smyth 1947 (living) Australian • Professor of social policy
Ken Smyth 1948 (living) Australian • Politician
William James Smyth 1949 (living) Irish • Professor of geography; first university president of National University of Ireland Maynooth
Alan Smyth before 1990 (living) English • Music producer
Anthony Smyth before 1999 (living) Northern Irish • Arms smuggler
Eric Smyth before 1981 (living) Northern Irish • Fifty-second Lord Mayor of Belfast
Malcolm Smyth before 1972 (living) Irish • Academic analytical chemist
Seán Smyth before 1993 (living) Irish • Musician; All-Ireland Champion on fiddle and whistle
Born after 1950
Des Smyth 1953 (living) Irish • Professional golfer
Patty Smyth 1957 (living) American • Singer
Phil Smyth 1958 (living) Australian • Professional basketball player
Brendan Smyth (politician) 1959 (living) Australian • Politician; fourth Member of Parliament for the Division of Canberra
Chas Smash 1959 (living) English • Singer and dancer for the band Madness • born to the name "Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth" to Irish–English immigrant parents
Gerry Smyth 1961 (living) Irish • Academic in the areas of Irish literature and music history
William Smyth 1962 (living) Northern Irish award winning press photographer
Bryan Smyth 1963 (living) Irish • Singer, television personality and actor
Karin Smyth 1964 (living) English • Politician
Brian Smyth 1967 (living) Irish • Painter
Stephen Smyth 1968 (living) Northern Irish • Cricket player
Jim Smyth approx. 1970 (living) Canadian • Law enforcement officer
Cameron Smyth 1971 (living) American • California state politician
Ryan Smyth 1976 (living) Canadian • Professional ice hockey player
Clare Smyth 1978 (living) Northern Irish • Chef
Sarah Smyth 1982 (living) Canadian • Actress
Mark Smyth 1985 (living) English • Professional football player
Eloise Smyth 1995 (living) English • Actress
Oisin Smyth 2000 (living) Northern Irish • Professional football player
Keith Smyth 2003 (living) Irish • Professional hurler

Families

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Smyth disambiguation pages

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Notes

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  1. ^ Citation: Bardsley, 1901
  2. ^ a b Surname can be found as either 'Smyth' or 'Smith'
  3. ^ a b Brothers: Thomas 1740 and John 1742.
  4. ^ Virginia declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.
  5. ^ a b c Father and sons: William 1788 and sons Charles 1819 and Warington 1817
  6. ^ Smyth 1826 was born in a region that would later be a part of Northern Ireland, which came into existence as a separate entity in 1920.

Other uses

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References

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  • Bardsley, Charles Wareing (1901). English and Welsh Surnames (PDF). London: Henry Frowde. p. 699. ISBN 978-0-8063-0022-1. Retrieved 2008-03-03. The y in Smyth is the almost invariable spelling in early rolls, so that it cannot exactly be styled a modern affectation.

See also

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