James Smyth (priest)
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James Smyth (1683–1759) was an 18th-century Anglican priest in Ireland.[1]
The son of Bishop William Smyth, and of Mary Povey, daughter of Sir John Povey, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland,[2] he was born in Raphoe and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3] Smyth was Archdeacon of Meath from 1732 until his death in 1759.[4]
He married Catherine Vesey, one of the numerous children of John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam, by his second wife Anne Muschamp, and had several children.
