Philip Smythe, 2nd Viscount Strangford
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Philip Smythe, 2nd Viscount Strangford (23 March 1634 - 8 August 1708) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
in 1660.
Smythe was the son of Thomas Smythe, 1st Viscount Strangford of Westenhanger and Sturry, Kent and his wife Lady Barbara Sidney, the daughter of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester
. He inherited the title on the death of his father in 1635.
In 1659 he was arrested at Canterbury, with his half brother Thomas Colepeper, following the uprising, and was released on parole and bail for £5,000.
In 1660, Smythe was elected Member of Parliament
for Hythe
in the Convention Parliament.
Smythe died at the age of 74
Smythe married firstly his cousin Isabella Sidney, daughter of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
. After her death in 1663, he married Mary Porter daughter of George Porter. He was succeeded by his son Endymion.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
in 1660.
Smythe was the son of Thomas Smythe, 1st Viscount Strangford of Westenhanger and Sturry, Kent and his wife Lady Barbara Sidney, the daughter of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester , second son of Sir Henry Sidney, was a statesman of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. He was also a patron of the arts and an interesting poet...
. He inherited the title on the death of his father in 1635.
In 1659 he was arrested at Canterbury, with his half brother Thomas Colepeper, following the uprising, and was released on parole and bail for £5,000.
In 1660, Smythe was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Hythe
Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)
Hythe was a constituency centred on the town of Hythe in Kent. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons until 1832, when its representation was reduced to one member...
in the Convention Parliament.
Smythe died at the age of 74
Smythe married firstly his cousin Isabella Sidney, daughter of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester was an English aristocrat and diplomat.-Life:He was the son of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, and his first wife, Barbara Gamage...
. After her death in 1663, he married Mary Porter daughter of George Porter. He was succeeded by his son Endymion.