Name John Smyth Died 1811 | Role Politician | |
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John Smyth (1748–1811) was a British politician. He was an MP for Pontefract from 1783 to 1807.
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Life
The son of John Smyth of Heath Hall, Yorkshire, he was educated at Westminster School. He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1766.
Smyth served in Parliament as member 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.
Smyth died 12 February 1811 in London.
Family
He married in 1778 Lady Georgiana, eldest daughter of Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.
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