Arthur Smyth

The Most Reverend Arthur Smyth D.D.
Archbishop of Dublin Primate of Ireland
Church	Church of Ireland
Diocese	Dublin and Glendalough
Appointed	14 April 1766
In office	1766-1771
Predecessor	William Carmichael
Successor	John Cradock
Orders
Consecration	5 April 1752 by John Ryder
Personal details
Born	(1706-02-19)19 February 1706 Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland
Died	14 December 1771(1771-12-14) (aged 65) Dublin, County Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland
Buried	St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Nationality	Irish
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Thomas Smyth & Dorothea Burgh
Spouse	Elizabeth Bonfoy
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1752-1753) Bishop of Down and Connor (1753-1765) Bishop of Meath (1765-1766)

Arthur Smyth (19 February 1706 – 14 December 1771) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1766 until his death in 1771.^[1]

Family

Smyth was the son of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh, Bishop of Ardagh). His brothers included Charles Smyth, MP for Limerick, and the lawyer George Smyth.^[2]

Smyth studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and completed his studies in Oxford. He was Dean of Raphoe from 1742 until 1744, then Dean of Derry until 1752. He was then raised to the episcopate as Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1752), Down and Connor (1753) and Meath (1765), prior to his nomination as Archbishop of Dublin. In 1767 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. He was the first Irish-born Archbishop of Dublin for many years. He was not widely seen as a very spiritual man: critics said that his main interest was the advancement of the careers of his numerous relatives.

^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 391. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
^ Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 London John Murray 1926

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Robert Downes	Dean of Derry 1744–1752	Succeeded by Philip Sydney Smyth
Preceded by John Whitcomb	Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh 1752–1753	Succeeded by William Carmichael
Preceded by Robert Downes	Bishop of Down and Connor 1753–1765	Succeeded by James Traill
Preceded by Richard Pococke	Bishop of Meath 1765–1766	Succeeded by Henry Maxwell
Preceded by William Carmichael	Archbishop of Dublin 1766–1771	Succeeded by John Cradock

Meath

Meath & Kildare

v t e Bishops of Down and Connor; of Down, Connor and Dromore; and of Down and Dromore
Down and Connor	Tiberio Ugolino Robert Blyth Eugene Magennis James MacCawell John Merriman Hugh Allen Edward Edgeworth John Charden Robert Humpston John Todd James Dundas Robert Echlin Henry Leslie Jeremy Taylor Roger Boyle Thomas Hacket Samuel Foley Edward Walkington Edward Smyth Francis Hutchinson Carew Reynell John Ryder John Whitcombe Robert Downes Arthur Smyth James Traill William Dickson Nathaniel Alexander Richard Mant (became Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore)
Down, Connor and Dromore	Richard Mant Robert Knox William Reeves Thomas Welland John Crozier Charles D'Arcy Charles Grierson John MacNeice Charles King Irwin
Down and Dromore	William Kerr Frederick Mitchell George Quin Robin Eames Gordon McMullan Harold Miller David McClay

Bishops of Clonfert and of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh

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