Smyth was born at
Dundrum to William Smyth and Mary Dewdall. He was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin and became vice-chancellor of the College in 1714.[2]
^"Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
^Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 400–401.
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