John Smyth (1748–1811)

John Smyth (1748–1811) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1783 to 1807.

Early life
Smyth was the son of John Smyth of Heath Hall, 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 (1780-1822), 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 (1824-1892) and was mother of
Edwin Harry Lascelles (1861-1924)
Daniel Harry Lascelles (1862-1904)
George Algernon Lascelles (1865-1932), who married Mabel Caroline Elcocke Massey (died 1951) and was the father of
Sybil Mary Lascelles (1907-1981), who married Humphrey Bradshaw Mellor Wright (1907-1997)
William Horace Lascelles (1868-1949), who married Madeline Barton (died 1950) and was the father of
Mary Madge Lascelles (1900-1995)
Sir Daniel William Lascelles (1902-1967)
Pamela Diana Lascelles (1902-1988)
Susan Olivia Lascelles (1907-1995)
John Edward Lascelles (1911-1955)
Francis John Lascelles (1871-1925), who married Gertie Stradling, the father of
Norah Gertrude Lascelles (1906-1972)
Eric James Lascelles (1873-1901)
Lady Susan Elizabeth Lascelles (1860-1925), who married Francis Richard Sutton
Lady Mary Lascelles (1877-1930), who married Robert Wentworth Doyne and was the mother of
Robert Harry Doyne (1899-1965), who married first Verena Seymour and second (1947) Nancy Butler anc was the father of
Patrick Robert Doyne (born 1936)
Diana Victoria Mary Doyne (born 1933), who married Robert Stephen Laurie
Bridget Cecilia Doyne (1949-2013)
Elizabeth Sarah Smyth, married Abraham Robarts, the mother of
Abraham John Robarts (1838-1926), who married Edith Barrington and was the father of
Mary Edith Robarts (1870-1948), who married John Abdy Combe (1863-1929)
John Robarts (1872-1954), who married Margaret Georgina Louisa Cholmeley (1875-1967)
Gerald Robarts (1878-1961), who married Florence Fletcher and was the father of
David John Robarts (1906-1989), chairman of the National Provincial Bank, married with children 
Anthony Vere Cyprian Robarts (1910-1982), married Grizel Mary Grant (1914-2004) with children
Peter Gerald Robarts (1915-1951)

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