Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Baronet
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Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Baronet, was an MP in the Parliament of Ireland, for Mullingar, in County Westmeath, serving from 1779 until 1783. Sir Skeffington Smyth represented Belturbet, Co. Cavan from 1783 until 1790, and Galway from 1790 until his death in 1797.
Skeffington Edward Smyth was born in Tinny Park, Wicklow, County Wicklow, the son of , a Member of Parliament of Ireland for Antrim Borough and Dundalk (elected at the same time he chose to sit as a member for Antrim),[1] and Mary Agar. Skeffington Smyth was the grandson of Anglican Bishop of Down, Rev. Dr. Edward Smyth and Mary Skeffington.
Skeffington Smyth married Margaret Daly and they had a daughter Maria Elizabeth Smyth who married James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal, who was MP for Galway Borough.
Sir Skeffington Smyth was made 1st Baronet in 1776;[2][3] he was also a member of the Privy Council of Ireland from 1785. He died aged 52 in Co. Meath on 9 September 1797. As he had no son, the baronetcy ceased on his death.
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- ^ 'MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800' By E. M. Johnston-Liik
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire by Debrett
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1 January 1900). Complete baronetage: Volume V. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 388.
- 1745 births
- 1797 deaths
- People from County Wicklow
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Longford constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Westmeath constituencies
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
- Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) MP stubs