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Edward Smyth (other)
Edward Smyth may refer to: * Sir Edward Smyth, 2nd Baronet (1637–1713), English landowner *Edward Smyth (sculptor) (1749–1812), Irish sculptor *Edward Selby Smyth General Sir Edward Selby Smyth, (31 March 1819 22 September 1896) was a British General. He served as the first General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada from 1874 to 1880. Military career Educated at Putney College in Surrey, Smyt ... (1819–1896), British general * Edward Smyth (bishop) (1665–1720), Bishop of Down and Connor See also * Edward Smith (other) * Edward Smythe (other) {{hndis, Smyth, Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edward Smyth, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edward Smyth, 2nd Baronet (28 September 1637 – 24 June 1713) was an English landowner who served as Sheriff of Essex. Early life Smyth was baptised on 28 September 1637 at Thaxted, Essex. He was the second, but first surviving, son of Sir Thomas Smyth, 1st Baronet, of Hill Hall, Essex, and Joan Altham, a daughter of Sir Edward Altham of Mark Hall, Essex, and Joan ( Leventhorpe) Altham. After his mother's death in 1658, his father married the former Hon. Beatrice Annesley, the daughter of Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia and Dorothea Philipps (a daughter of Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet of Picton Castle), widow of both James Zouche and Sir John Lloyd, 1st Baronet. Among his siblings were James Smith (who married Elizabeth Parkhurst, daughter of Sir Robert Parkhurst), and Ven. Charles Smith, Archdeacon of Colchester.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Smyth (sculptor)
Edward Smyth (1749 – 2 August 1812) was an Irish sculptor. The son of a stone-cutter, Smyth was born in Meath, Ireland. He was employed by Henry Darley, who was in turn an employee of James Gandon. By this connection Smyth met Gandon who was greatly impressed with his work. Gandon employed Smyth as sculptor to the Custom House as well as for all of his Dublin projects. These included the Four Courts, House of Lords, and King's Inns. Smyth in 1787 completed statues to his own design above the Westmoreland St entrance (the "Lords' Entrance", which was added by Gandon) of the Irish Houses of Parliament. In 1807 he carved the statues above the main entrance of the same building (which had been taken over by the Bank of Ireland) on College Green. These represent Hibernia flanked by Commerce and Fidelity. Smyth was also employed by the architect Francis Johnston. He carved the heads on the exterior of Johnston's Chapel Royal in Dublin Castle Dublin Castle ( ga, Cais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Selby Smyth
General Sir Edward Selby Smyth, (31 March 1819 22 September 1896) was a British General. He served as the first General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada from 1874 to 1880. Military career Educated at Putney College in Surrey, Smyth was commissioned in to the 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment in 1841. He went straight to India only returning with his Regiment to England as Adjutant of his Battalion in 1846. He went to South Africa in 1851 to protect the administration of the Orange River Sovereignty The Orange River Sovereignty (1848–1854) was a short-lived political entity between the Orange and Vaal rivers in Southern Africa, a region known informally as Transorangia. In 1854, it became the Orange Free State, and is now the Free State ... from attack by the Basotho and Khoikhoi people. In 1853 he was made Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General of the 2nd Division in South Africa and then Adjutant and Quartermaster-General at British Army Headquarters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Smyth (bishop)
Edward Smyth or Smith (1665–1720) was an Irish Protestant churchman, the bishop of Down and Connor from 1699. Life Born at Lisburn in County Antrim in 1665, he was the son of James Smyth of Mountown, County Down, by his wife Francisca, daughter of Edward Dowdall of Mountown. He was elected a Scholar of Trinity College Dublin in 1678, and graduated B.A. in 1681. In 1684 he proceeded M.A. and was elected a fellow. He later obtained the degrees of LL.B. in 1687, B.D. in 1694, and D.D. in 1696. In 1689, when Dublin was in the possession of James II, he fled to England, where he was recommended to the Smyrna Company, and made chaplain to the factory at Smyrna. Smyth returned to England in 1693 with a fortune, and was appointed chaplain to William III, whom he attended for four years during the war in the Low Countries. On 3 March 1696 he was made dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. In 1697 he became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin, and on 2 April 1699 he was co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Smith (other)
Ed, Eddie, Edgar, Edward, Edwin, and similar, surnamed Smith, may refer to: Military *Edward H. Smith (sailor) (1889–1961), United States Coast Guard admiral, oceanographer and Arctic explorer * Edward Smith (VC) (1898–1940), English recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War * Edwin P. Smith (born 1945), U.S. general, commander of Army, Pacific 1998–2002 *Edwin Smith (Medal of Honor) (1841–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient Politics and law * E. D. Smith (1853–1948), Canadian businessman and politician * Ed Smith (alderman), alderman for Chicago's 28th ward * Eddie Smith (politician) (born 1979), member of the Tennessee House of Representatives * Edward Clarke Smith (1864–1924), mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire *Edward Curtis Smith (1854–1935), governor of Vermont * Edward Dunlap Smith (1807–1883), Presbyterian clergyman and Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives *Edward Everett Smith (1861–1931), lieutena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |