Hugh Lyle Smyth
Hugh Lyle Smyth JP | |
|---|---|
| High Sheriff of Cheshire | |
| In office 1895–1895 | |
| Preceded by | Ralph Brocklebank |
| Succeeded by | Frederic James Harrison |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1834 Derry, Ireland |
| Died | 25 May 1911 (aged 76) Cheshire, England |
| Spouse | Eliza Turner (m. 5 June 1862) |
| Children | 11, including Una Maud Lyle Smyth (novelist, pen name Marius Lyle) |
| Occupation | Merchant, Justice of the Peace |
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Hugh Lyle Smyth (15 Nov 1834 – 25 May 1911) was a wealthy merchant and a JP who was appointed High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1895.
He was born in Derry to Ross Thompson Smyth and Sarah Lyle. He married Eliza Turner of Rusholme Park on 5 June 1862. They had eleven children. Their family home was Crabwall Hall, in the village of Mollington, Cheshire. He had a large country house, Barrowmore Hall in Great Barrow, Cheshire, designed by the architect, John Douglas (1829–1911) and completed c. 1881. His daughter Una Maud Lyle Smyth was a novelist who wrote under the name Marius Lyle.