Background
He was born in Derry to Ross Thompson Smyth and Sarah Lyle.
He was born in Derry to Ross Thompson Smyth and Sarah Lyle.
They had eleven children. Their family home was Crabwall Hall, in the village of Mollington, Cheshire. He had a large country house, Barrowmore Hall in Great Barrow, Cheshire, designed by the architect, John Douglas (1829–1911) and completed c.