SMYTH, John Joseph, J.P. for Co. Galway (High Sheriff, 1908); late Lieut. 4th Batt. Connaught Rangers. Educ. at Beaumont: eldest son of late Capt. John Smyth, J.P., of Masonbrook, Loughrea, Co. Galway, and Charlotte, dau. of Andrew William Blake, D.L., of Furbough, Co. Galway; b. 1866; m. 1894, Mary Clare Theresa, dau. of Sir Thos. Burke, 3rd Bart., of Marble Hill. Res.: Masonbrook, Loughrea, Co. Galway.