Roger Johnson Smyth Explained

Roger Johnson Smyth
Office:Member of Parliament
for Lisburn
Term Start:11 December 1852
Term End:19 September 1853
Predecessor:James Emerson Tennent
Successor:Jonathan Joseph Richardson
Birth Date:1815
Nationality:Irish
Party:Peelite/Conservative

Roger Johnson Smyth (1815 – 19 September 1853)[1] was an Irish Conservative and Peelite politician.[2] [3]

Smyth became Peelite MP for Lisburn at a by-election in December 1852—caused by the resignation of James Emerson Tennent—but died less than a year later in 1853.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 6 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181005215338/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons3.htm. 5 October 2018 . usurped . 30 August 2018 .
  2. News: Local Intelligence . 6 October 2018 . Westmorland Gazette . 18 December 1852 . 4–5 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. News: Summary . 6 October 2018 . Liverpool Mercury . 14 December 1852 . 8 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  4. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 978-0901714121. 295.