Thomas Smyth (bishop) explained

Thomas Smyth (1650–1725) was a Church of Ireland clergyman who served as Bishop of Limerick from 1695 to 1725.^[1]

Life

Smyth was born at Dundrum to William Smyth and Mary Dewdall. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and became vice-chancellor of the College in 1714.^[2] A former Dean of Emly,^[3] Smyth was nominated Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe on 15 November 1695 and consecrated on 8 December 1695. He died on 4 May 1725.^[4]

Family

Smyth married Dorothea, daughter of Ulysses Burgh, Bishop of Ardagh and Mary Kingsmill, and had 10 sons and 3 daughters, including:

• Charles Smyth (1693-1784), MP for Limerick
• George Smyth (1705-1772), lawyer and judge
• Arthur Smyth (1706-1771), Archbishop of Dublin^[2]

Notes and References

1. A New History of Ireland, Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J.; Cosgrove, A.: Oxford, OUP, 1976
2. Book: William Courthope. William Courthope (genealogist). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 14 March 2013. 1838. Printed for J. G. & F. Rivington. 649.
3. "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
4. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 400–401.