Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Smyth, Arthur

by Joseph Foster

Smyth, Arthur, born at Limerick, s. Thomas, bishop of Limerick. B.A. from Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1827; incorp. from St. John's Coll. 3 June, 1728. M.A. 1729, B. & D.D. 23 Jan., 1740-1, dean of Raphoe 1743-4, of Derry 1744, bishop of Clonfert 1752, of Down 1753, and of Meath 1765, archbishop of Dublin 1766, until his death 14 Dec., 1771. See Foster's Peerage, V. Gort; & Cotton, ii. 25.