John Smyth (1748–1811)
John Smyth was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1783 to 1807.
. The others are: Sir William Hamilton, Stephen Payne-Gallwey, Walter Spencer-Stanhope, Sir John Taylor, Bart., Richard Thompson and Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn. Hamilton is showing the vase to Smyth on the right.Early life
Smyth was the son of John Smyth of Heath Hall, Heath, West Yorkshire and his wife Bridget Foxley, daughter of Benjamin Foxley of London. He was educated at Westminster School and was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge 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 for Pontefract from 1783 to 1807. He was a Lord of the Admiralty, from 1791 to 1794, and a Lord of the Treasury, 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.
- John Henry Smyth, of Heath Hall, member of parliament for Cambridge, whose children were
- *John George Smyth, of Heath Hall, the father of
- **Diana Elizabeth Smyth, who married Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood and was mother of
- ***Edwin Harry Lascelles
- ***Daniel Harry Lascelles
- ***George Algernon Lascelles, who married Mabel Caroline Elcocke Massey and was the father of
- ****Sybil Mary Lascelles, who married Humphrey Bradshaw Mellor Wright
- ***William Horace Lascelles, who married Madeline Barton and was the father of
- ****Mary Madge Lascelles
- ****Sir Daniel William Lascelles
- ****Pamela Diana Lascelles
- ****Susan Olivia Lascelles
- ****John Edward Lascelles
- ***Francis John Lascelles, who married Gertie Stradling, the father of
- ****Norah Gertrude Lascelles
- ***Eric James Lascelles
- ***Lady Susan Elizabeth Lascelles, who married Francis Richard Sutton
- ***Lady Mary Lascelles, who married Robert Wentworth Doyne and was the mother of
- ****Robert Harry Doyne, who married first Verena Seymour and second Nancy Butler anc was the father of
- *****Patrick Robert Doyne
- *****Diana Victoria Mary Doyne, who married Robert Stephen Laurie
- *****Bridget Cecilia Doyne
- *Elizabeth Sarah Smyth, married Abraham Robarts, the mother of
- **Abraham John Robarts, who married Edith Barrington and was the father of
- ***Mary Edith Robarts, who married John Abdy Combe
- ***John Robarts, who married Margaret Georgina Louisa Cholmeley
- ***Gerald Robarts, who married Florence Fletcher and was the father of
- ****David John Robarts, chairman of the National Provincial Bank, married with children
- ****Anthony Vere Cyprian Robarts, married Grizel Mary Grant with children
- ****Peter Gerald Robarts
