Sir Edward Smyth, 2nd Baronet
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Sir Edward Smyth, Bt | |
|---|---|
| High Sheriff of Essex | |
| In office 1680–1681 | |
| Preceded by | William Palmer |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Dawtry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1637 |
| Died | 24 June 1713 (aged 75) |
| Spouse |
Jane Vandeput
(m. 1674; died 1658) |
| Relations | Charles Smith (brother) Sir William Smyth, 6th Baronet (grandson) |
| Children | Sir Edward Smyth, 3rd Baronet |
| Parent(s) | Sir Thomas Smyth, 1st Baronet Joan Altham |
Sir Edward Smyth, 2nd Baronet (28 September 1637 – 24 June 1713) was an English landowner who served as Sheriff of Essex.
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 (née Leventhorpe) Altham.[1] 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.[2]
Among his siblings were James Smith (who married Elizabeth Parkhurst, daughter of Sir Robert Parkhurst),[3] and Ven. Charles Smith, Archdeacon of Colchester.[3] Smyth's maternal grandparents were the former Bridget Fleetwood (daughter of Thomas Fleetwood, Master of the Mint) and Col. Sir William Smith, the nephew, and eventual heir, of Sir Thomas Smith, the Secretary of State during the reigns of King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I, three-time Ambassador to France and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter.[4][3]
Smyth was admitted to Gray's Inn in c. 1656.