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Irish archbishop For the naval officer and surgeon, see Arthur Bowes Smyth. For those of a similar name, see Arthur Smith (disambiguation).

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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
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1752-1753) Bishop of Down and Connor (1753-1765) Bishop of Meath (1765-1766)
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

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

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.

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 byRobert Downes	Dean of Derry 1744–1752	Succeeded byPhilip Sydney Smyth
Preceded byJohn Whitcomb	Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh 1752–1753	Succeeded byWilliam Carmichael
Preceded byRobert Downes	Bishop of Down and Connor 1753–1765	Succeeded byJames Traill
Preceded byRichard Pococke	Bishop of Meath 1765–1766	Succeeded byHenry Maxwell
Preceded byWilliam Carmichael	Archbishop of Dublin 1766–1771	Succeeded byJohn Cradock

v t e Anglican Archbishops of Dublin
George Browne Hugh Curwen Adam Loftus Thomas Jones Lancelot Bulkeley James Margetson Michael Boyle John Parker Francis Marsh Narcissus Marsh William King John Hoadly Charles Cobbe William Carmichael Arthur Smyth John Cradock Robert Fowler The Viscount Somerton/The Earl of Normanton Euseby Cleaver Lord John Beresford William Magee Richard Whately Richard Chenevix Trench The Lord Plunket Joseph Peacocke John Bernard Charles D'Arcy John Gregg Arthur Barton George Simms Alan Buchanan Henry McAdoo Donald Caird Walton Empey John Neill Michael Jackson

v t e Anglican Bishops of Meath and of Meath and Kildare
Meath	Hugh Brady Thomas Jones Roger Dod George Montgomery James Ussher Anthony Martin Henry Leslie Henry Jones Anthony Dopping Richard Tennison William Moreton John Evans Henry Downes Ralph Lambert Welbore Ellis Arthur Price Henry Maule William Carmichael Richard Pococke Arthur Smyth Henry Maxwell Thomas O'Beirne Nathaniel Alexander Charles Dickenson Edward Stopford Thomas Townsend Joseph Singer Samuel Butcher The Lord Plunket Charles Reichel Joseph Peacocke James Keene Benjamin Plunket Thomas Collins John Orr William Hardy Holmes James McCann Robert Pike
Meath & Kildare	Donald Caird Walton Empey Richard Clarke Pat Storey

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

v t e Bishops of Clonfert and of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
Clonfert	Richard Nangle Roland de Burgo Stephen Kirwan Roland Lynch, Bishop of Kilmacduagh
Clonfert & Kilmacduagh	Robert Dawson William Bailey Edward Wolley William Fitzgerald Theophilus Bolton Arthur Price Edward Synge Mordecai Cary John Whitcombe Arthur Smyth Hon William Carmichael William Gore John Oswald Denison Cumberland Walter Cope John Law Richard Marlay Hon Charles Brodrick Hugh Hamilton Matthew Young George Beresford Nathaniel Alexander Christopher Butson (see merged to Killaloe and Clonfert)

Bishops of Clonfert and of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh

v t e Deans of Derry
William Webbe Henry Sutton Michael Wandesford James Margetson Geoffrey Rhodes George Beaumont George Holland John Lesley Peter Morris Coote Ormsby John Bolton George Berkeley George Stone Robert Downes Arthur Smyth Philip Smythe Thomas Barnard William Pery Edward Emily John Hume James Saurin Thomas Gough Usher Tighe Charles Seymour John Gwynn Andrew Smyly Thomas Olphert George Galbraith Richard Hayes Richard King Leslie Lawrenson George Good Cecil Orr William Morton

v t e Deans of Raphoe
John Albright Archibald Adair Alexander Cunningham John Leslie John Wellwood Ezekiel Hopkins Thomas Buttolph Capel Wiseman Nathanael Wilson John Trench William Cotterell Arthur Smyth Anthony Thompson William Barker Thomas Bray James King Lord Edward Chichester John Gwynn Edward Bowen Michael Bell Cox Richard Bennett Richard Baillie Joseph Potter William Kennedy John Pirrie Conerney John Watson Cyril Homan George Good Stephen Cave Sam Reede Stephen White John Hay Arthur Barrett

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