Smyth

Smyth
Family name

Blacksmith at work
Meaning Smith (metalwork)
Region of origin United Kingdom and Ireland
Language(s) of origin Old English
Related names Smith Smythe

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

Notable people sharing the Smyth surname

Listed here are people who share the 'Smyth' surname, organized by birth year, to assist in assembling a view of the geographic distribution of this surname over time.

NameBirthDeathNationality  Notability  Notes
Born after 1400
William Smyth[2] c. 1460 1514 English  Anglican 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) 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) 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
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) 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
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
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
Bill Smyth 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 (living) 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 c. 1933 (living) English  Musician; co-founder of the band Gong and founder of the band Mother Gong
Paul Smyth 1947 (living) Australian  professor of social policy
Alan Smyth before 1990 (living) English  Music producer
Anthony Smyth before 1999 (living) Northern Irish  Arms smuggler
Cameron Smyth before 1994 (living) American  California state politician
Clifford Smyth before 1973 (living) Northern Irish  Historian and politician; second member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from the North Antrim constituency
Eric Smyth before 1981 (living) Northern Irish  Fifty-second Lord Mayor of Belfast
Hugh Smyth before 1973 (living) Northern Irish  Fifty-first Lord Mayor of Belfast; first leader of the Progressive Unionist Party
Malcolm Smyth before 1972 (living) Irish  Academic analytical chemist
Sarah Smyth before 2004 (living) Canadian  Actress
Seán Smyth before 1993 (living) Irish  Musician; All-Ireland Champion on fiddle and whistle
Tommy Smyth before 1963 (living) Irish-American  Sports journalist; football (soccer) commentator  Immigrated to the United States in 1963
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
Bryan Smyth 1963 (living) Irish  Singer, television personality and actor
Brian Smyth 1967 (living) Irish  Painter
George Henry Smyth 1968 (living) Northern Irish  Artist
Stephen Smyth 1968 (living) Northern Irish  Cricket player
Ryan Smyth 1976 (living) Canadian  Professional ice hockey player
Mark Smyth 1985 (living) English  Professional football (soccer) player
Connor Smyth 1999 (living) Northern Irish  Sprinter & Multi-Gold Medal winning Paralympian

Families

Disambiguation pages

Notes

  1. Citation: Bardsley, 1901
  2. 1 2 Surname can be found as either 'Smyth' or 'Smith'
  3. 1 2 Brothers: Thomas 1740 and John 1742.
  4. Virginia declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.
  5. 1 2 3 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.

Can often be mistaken for Smythe.


References

  • Bardsley, Charles Wareing (1901). English and Welsh Surnames (PDF). London: Henry Frowde. p. 699. 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. 
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