John Kinnersley SMYTHIES QC [21449]
- Born: 20 Dec 1808, Hereford HEF
- Baptised: 22 Feb 1810, St Nicholas Colchester ESS
- Marriage (1): Kezia BROWN [21450] on 16 Nov 1835 in St Pancras Camden Town LND
- Marriage (2): Emily Mary STANFELL [21451] on 26 Nov 1868 in Sowton DEV
- Died: 10 Feb 1892, Hampstead MDX aged 83
 General Notes:
John Kinnersley Smythies
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1808
Baptism Date: 22 Feb 1810
Baptism Place: Saint Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England
Father: John Robert Smythies
Mother: Elizabeth
John was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge; called to the Bar at the Inner Temple 1836 - of Lynch Court Herefordshire and 27 Kensington Park Gardens W LND.
Ref: County Families of the United Kingdom.
John Kinnersley. Smythies
Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, Oct. 20, 1827. [Eldest] s. of [the Rev.] J[ohn] R[obert] (1796) [of Lynch Court, Leominster, Heref.]. B. Dec. 20, 1808, at Hereford. School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1827; B.A. 1834. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 16, 1832. Called to the Bar, June 10, 1836. On the Oxford Circuit. Recorder of Ludlow, 1880-92. Of Lynch Court, Heref., and of The Tye, Great Bentley, Essex. Married (1) 1836, Kezia, dau. of Thomas Brown, Esq.; (2) Nov. 26, 1868, Emily Mary, only dau. of Captain Francis Stanfell, R.N. Died Feb. 10, 1892, at 57, Belsize Park, Hampstead. Brother of Edward (1837); father of the next. (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Boase, III. 668; Inns of Court; Law Lists; Foster, Men at the Bar.)
In 1881 John was living at The Tye a small estate near great Bentley in Essex left to him by his father.
John Kinnersley Smythies, spent a great part of his fortune in constructing a flying-machine and making experiments therewith. His appointment as Recorder of Ludlow was announced in "The Times," 9 November 1880. He was the author of a pamphlet entitled "Problems on the Motion of Atoms," pp. 23 (London, 1885).
Ref: http://archive.org/stream/recordsofsmythie00smyt/recordsofsmythie00smyt_djvu.txt Pg 47
John sought patents for a "flying engine" in 1860 and in hindsight may be regarded as a man of vision far ahead of its time.
John & Kezia had a boy and a girl neither had issue.
Research Notes:
Image Courtesy of "Records of the Smythies Family" by R H Raymond Smithies 1912
John married Kezia BROWN [21450] [MRIN: 7718], daughter of Thomas BROWN [22228] and Unknown, on 16 Nov 1835 in St Pancras Camden Town LND. (Kezia BROWN [21450] died on 3 Sep 1865 in Kensington LND.)
John next married Emily Mary STANFELL [21451] [MRIN: 7719], daughter of Capt Francis STANFELL RN [25150] and Elizabeth [25151], on 26 Nov 1868 in Sowton DEV. (Emily Mary STANFELL [21451] was baptised on 21 Apr 1813 in Northam DEV and died on 8 Nov 1895 in Finchley Rd MDX.)
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