Sir William Smyth, 6th Baronet

Sir William Smyth, 6th Baronet (c. 1719 – 25 January 1777) was an English landowner and clergyman.

Sir Charles Hedges, a Judge of the High Court of Admiralty from 1689 to 1714 who later served as one of Queen Anne's Secretaries of State.

[2] Upon the death of his elder brother on 24 March 1773, he succeeded as the 6th Baronet Smith, of Hill Hall.

Together, they were the parents of:[2] Smyth died on 25 January 1777 and was buried on 8 February 1777 at Theydon Mount, near Epping, Essex.

Like his grandfather, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, William (who changed the spelling of their surname from Smyth to Smijth by 1799) after which the baronetcy would be inherited by three sons in succession, Sir Thomas, who died unmarried in 1833, Sir John, a Commander in the Royal Navy, who likewise died unmarried in 1838, and Sir Edward, who attended Trinity College, becoming vicar of Camberwell, and Chaplain to King George IV.