Percy Smythe, 8th Viscount Strangford
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Percy Ellen Algernon Frederick William Sydney Smythe, 8th Viscount Strangford (26 November 1825[1] – 9 January 1869) was a British nobleman and man of letters.[2]
Early life
He was born in
His education began at
Career
While at Constantinople, where he served under Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, Smythe gained a mastery not only of Turkish and its dialects, but of the forms of modern Greek. He already had a good knowledge both of Persian and Arabic before going east. It was the study of Ottoman history that led him to the languages[specify] of the
On succeeding his
Lord Strangford wrote the final chapter, "Chaos", in his wife's book on the Eastern Shores of the Adriatic.[5] It gained him a reputation with students of foreign politics.[3]
Percy Smythe was president of the
Personal life
In 1862, Smythe was married to the illustrator and writer,
On his death in 1869 his titles became extinct. A Selection from the Writings of Viscount Strangford on Political, Geographical and Social Subjects was edited by his widow and published in 1869.[7] His Original Letters and Papers upon Philology and Kindred Subjects were also edited by Lady Strangford (1878).[8][3]
Honours
The future
The Australian botanist, Ferdinand von Mueller named the species of flowering plant Goodenia strangfordii in his honour.[9][10]
References
- JSTOR 1799007– via Internet Archive
- ^ See Fonblanque, E.B. (1877). Lives of the Lords Strangford, with their Ancestors and Contemporaries through Ten Generations (1 ed.). London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin. pp. 247–294. Retrieved 13 December 2014 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Strangford, Viscount s.v. Percy Ellen Frederick William Sydney Smythe". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 983. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25963. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ See Viscountess Strangford (1864). Eastern Shores of the Adriatic (1 ed.). London: Robert Bentley. Retrieved 10 December 2014. via Internet Archive
- ISBN 9781611462166. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ See Viscountess Strangford, ed. (1869). A Selection from the Writings of Viscount Strangford on Political, Geographical and Social Subjects. Vol. I (1 ed.). London: Richard Bentley. Retrieved 9 April 2016. via Internet Archive. Viscountess Strangford, ed. (1869). A Selection from the Writings of Viscount Strangford on Political, Geographical and Social Subjects. Vol. II (1 ed.). London: Richard Bentley. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ See Viscountess Strangford, ed. (1878). Original Letters and Papers of the late Viscount Strangford upon Philology and Kindred Subjects (1 ed.). London: Trübner. Retrieved 10 December 2014. via Internet Archive
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 6. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 11. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ISBN 9780958034180.
External links
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page[usurped]
- Portraits of Percy Smythe, 8th Viscount Strangford at the National Portrait Gallery, London