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

Smyth is an early variant of the common surname Smith. 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.

Name	Birth	Death	Nationality • Notability • Notes
Born after 1400
William Smyth	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)	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	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	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
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	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	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	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 • 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
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

Families

• Smyth Baronets, several independently created British hereditary titles
• Bowyer-Smyth Baronets, holders of a single British hereditary title

Disambiguation pages

• Smith (disambiguation)
• John Smyth (disambiguation)
• Richard Smyth (disambiguation)
• William Smyth (disambiguation)

References

• Bardsley, Charles Wareing (1901) (PDF). English and Welsh Surnames. London: Henry Frowde. pp. 699. http://books.google.com/books?id=RbkEAAAAIAAJ. 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."