PERCY C. S. SMYTHE

PERCY C. S. SMYTHE STRANGFORD, VISCOUNT (1780-1855), diplomatist; graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1800; entered the diplomatic service, and in the following year succeeded to the title; was ambassador to Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, and Russia; translated the "Rimas" of Camoëns, and was raised to the peerage (1825) as Baron Penshurst.