Sir Jarrit Smyth (1692–1783), previously known as Jarrit Smith, was a Tory Member of Parliament for Bristol, United Kingdom.[1] He married Florence Smyth, daughter of Sir John Smyth, 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Asthy.[2]
In addition to being a member of parliament, he was also a lawyer and the first to mine the Long Ashton coalfield.[3] In 1748 after various surveys Jarrit Smyth commissioned mine shafts to be dug at South Liberty Lane.[4]
In 1760 he carried a bill through Parliament to replace the medieval Bristol Bridge which was in a bad state of repair.[5]
