Smythe, John Spencer (1769–1845), diplomatist, politician, and antiquary

Born John Spencer Smith, but altered the spelling of his last name to Smythe in later life. See O.13.20, No. 11; Description d’un monument Arabe du moyen age existant en Normandie, by J. Spencer Smythe (Caen, 1820); Remains of the late John Tweddell|, ed Robert Tweddell (1815), pp. 24, 141, etc.).

Lord Byron had an affair with his wife at Malta in 1809.

History of Parliament, under John Spencer Smith
Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique (1865)
Description d’un monument Arabe du moyen age existant en Normandie, by J. Spencer Smythe (Caen, 1820)
Remains of the late John Tweddell, ed. Robert Tweddell (1815)