[citation needed] George's son Sir William Smith, of Hill Hall, Essex, the baronet's father, was a Colonel in the Army in Ireland, and was later sent by King James I to Spain with the Ambassador.

[3] Sir Edward Smyth, second but first surviving son of Thomas, was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1656/7 and succeeded his father, becoming second Baronet in 1668.

[4] Sir William Smyth, son of the last, became seventh Baronet on the death of his father, and adopted the affected spelling of 'Smijth' by 1799.

Sir Edward, the tenth Baronet, attended Trinity College, becoming vicar of Camberwell, and Chaplain to King George IV.

He was Director of radio equipment for the Admiralty from 1943 to 1944, and then Commodore of East Africa from 1945 until 1946 when he became Aide-de-Camp to King George VI.