Men-at-the-Bar/Smythe, William

by Joseph Foster

Smythe, William, M.A., Christ Church, Oxon, 1828, from Westminster School, convener of county of Perth, sometime secretary and member of Board of Supervision and chairman of royal commission on roads and bridges Scotland, a member of Faculty of Advocates Scotland 1836, a student of Lincoln's Inn 24 Nov., 1825 (then aged 21), called to the bar 27 Nov., 1829 (younger son of David Smythe, late of Methven, co. Perth, a judge of court of session); born 23 Jan., 1803; married 1st, 9 Aug., 1838, Margaret, eldest dau. of James Walker, Esq., of London, F.R.S.; she died 17 Dec., 1846; he married 2ndly, 20 Feb., 1849, Emily, dau. of late Genl. Sir John Oswald, G.C.B., of Dunnikier, co. Fife, and has issue.

Methven Castle, Perth, N.B.; Athenæum Club, S.W.