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John George Smyth (1815–1869)

John George Smyth (1815–1869)

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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]

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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

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.[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

  1. [1]
    Disraeli, Benjamin; Gunn, John Alexander Wilson; Wiebe, Melvin George (1982). Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1852-1856. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802041371.
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    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.
  3. [3]
    Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3671. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  4. [4]
    Burke, Bernard (1886), A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, vol. 2, p. 1692
Preceded by
William Milner
John George Smyth
 Member of Parliament for City of York
1857 – 1865
With: Joshua Westhead 		Succeeded by
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