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'''George Smyth''' (1705 – 15 February 1772) was an Irish lawyer and judge. |
'''George Smyth''' (1705 – 15 February 1772) was an Irish lawyer and judge. |
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He was the son of [[Thomas Smyth (bishop)|Thomas Smyth]], [[Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe|Bishop of Limerick]], and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of [[Ulysses Burgh]], [[Dean of Emly]] and later [[Bishop |
He was the son of [[Thomas Smyth (bishop)|Thomas Smyth]], [[Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe|Bishop of Limerick]], and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of [[Ulysses Burgh]], [[Dean of Emly]] and later [[Bishop of Ardagh]], and Mary Kingsmill). His brothers included [[Charles Smyth (politician)|Charles Smyth]], [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Limerick City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Limerick]], and [[Arthur Smyth]], [[Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland)|Archbishop of Dublin]]. <ref >Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' London John Murray 1926 p.161</ref > |
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| ⚫ | He was educated at a local school in Limerick and at the [[University of Dublin]], which he entered in 1723, graduating in 1727. <ref name=Ball>Ball p.216</ref >He entered the [[ Middle Temple]] in 1728. He was [[called to the Bar]] in 1734, and became [[King's Counsel]] in 1758. <ref name =Ball/>He was [[Recorder (judge)|Recorder]] of Limerick. He was appointed Chairman of the [[Court of Quarter Sessions]] for [[County Dublin]] in 1759.<ref >Ball p.161</ref> In 1763 he presided over the celebrated inquiry into the mental capacity of [[Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely]].<ref name =Ball/> He was his brother's [[Seneschal]] in the See of Dublin from 1765.<ref name =Ball/> |
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He was educated at a local school in Limerick, and |
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| ⚫ | at the [[University of Dublin]], which he entered in 1723, graduating in 1727. <ref name=Ball>Ball p.216</ref >He entered |
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He represented [[Blessington (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Blessington]] in the [[Irish House of Commons]] from 1759 to |
He represented [[Blessington (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Blessington]] in the [[Irish House of Commons]] from 1759 to 1761.<ref name =Ball/>He failed to hold the seat in 1761, but regained it at the next election, and held it until he was raised to the bench as a Puisne Baron of the [[Court of Exchequer (Ireland)]] on 25 November 1768. <ref name =Ball/>On 13 December 1771 he was appointed one of the Commissioners of Accounts for Ireland, but died two months later at [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. He was buried in [[Bath Abbey]].<ref name =Ball/> |
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seat in 1761, but regained it at the next election, and held it until he was raised to the bench as a Puisne Baron of the [[Court of Exchequer (Ireland)]] on 25 November 1768. <ref name =Ball/>On 13 December 1771 he was appointed one of the Commissioners of Accounts for Ireland, but died two months later at [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. He was buried in [[Bath Abbey]].<ref name =Ball/> |
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He was married on 4 August 1739 in [[St Mary's Church, Mary Street, Dublin]], to Catherine Rawson, daughter of Philip Rawson of [[Limerick]]. The couple had four children. <ref name=AEL1915>[https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3876&h=42524 George Smyth 4 August 1739 Marriage.] Editor: A. E. Langman. Marriage Entries in the Registers of the Parishes of S. Marie, S. Luke, S. Catherine, and S. Werburgh, 1627-1800. Exeter & London: William Pollard & Co. Ltd., 1915. 143 pages. Accessed in the Irish Records Extraction Database via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 8 March 2022.</ref> [[Thomas Smyth (Archdeacon of Lismore)]] was one of their sons. Catherine died in 1770.<ref name =Ball/> |
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Latest revision as of 16:07, 24 August 2022
George Smyth (1705 – 15 February 1772) was an Irish lawyer and judge.
He was the son of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh, Dean of Emly and later Bishop of Ardagh, and Mary Kingsmill). His brothers included Charles Smyth, MP for Limerick, and Arthur Smyth, Archbishop of Dublin. [1]
He was educated at a local school in Limerick and at the University of Dublin, which he entered in 1723, graduating in 1727. [2]He entered the Middle Temple in 1728. He was called to the Bar in 1734, and became King's Counsel in 1758. [2]He was Recorder of Limerick. He was appointed Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions for County Dublin in 1759.[3] In 1763 he presided over the celebrated inquiry into the mental capacity of Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely.[2] He was his brother's Seneschal in the See of Dublin from 1765.[2]
He represented Blessington in the Irish House of Commons from 1759 to 1761.[2]He failed to hold the seat in 1761, but regained it at the next election, and held it until he was raised to the bench as a Puisne Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) on 25 November 1768. [2]On 13 December 1771 he was appointed one of the Commissioners of Accounts for Ireland, but died two months later at Bath. He was buried in Bath Abbey.[2]
He was married on 4 August 1739 in St Mary's Church, Mary Street, Dublin, to Catherine Rawson, daughter of Philip Rawson of Limerick. The couple had four children. [4] Thomas Smyth (Archdeacon of Lismore) was one of their sons. Catherine died in 1770.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 London John Murray 1926 p.161
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ball p.216
- ^ Ball p.161
- ^ George Smyth 4 August 1739 Marriage. Editor: A. E. Langman. Marriage Entries in the Registers of the Parishes of S. Marie, S. Luke, S. Catherine, and S. Werburgh, 1627-1800. Exeter & London: William Pollard & Co. Ltd., 1915. 143 pages. Accessed in the Irish Records Extraction Database via ancestry.com paid subscription site on 8 March 2022.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm
- Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities, 3rd edition, London 1894 (reprinted Bath 1969)
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