Family and Education
b. 1705, 1st s. of Henry Smythe of Old Bounds by Elizabeth, da. of Dr. John Lloyd, canon of Windsor. educ. Kensington (Mr. Coxe); St. John’s, Camb. 1 July 1721, aged nearly 16; I. Temple 1724, called 1729, bencher 1747. m. May 1733, Sarah, da. of Sir Charles Farnaby, 1st Bt., of Kippington, Kent, 1s. suc. fa. 1706. Kntd. 7 Nov. 1750.
Offices Held
Steward and judge of court of palace of Westminster 1740 – 50; K.C. 1747; baron of the Exchequer June 1750; serjeant-at-law 1750; commr. of the great seal Nov. 1756 – June 1757, Jan. 1770 – Jan. 1771; chief baron of the Exchequer 1772 – 77; P.C. 3 Dec. 1777.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Old Bounds, Bidborough; Sutton at Hone, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
SMYTHE, Sydney Stafford (1705-78)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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