Sir Jarrit Smyth previously known as Jarrit Smith, was a Tory

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 Member of Parliament

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 for Bristol

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, United Kingdom. He married Florence Smyth, daughter of Sir John Smyth, 3rd Baronet

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 and Elizabeth Asthy.

In addition to being a member of parliament, he was also a lawyer

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 and the first to mine the Long Ashton

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 coalfield. In 1748 after various surveys Jarrit Smyth commissioned mine shafts to be dug at South Liberty Lane.

In 1760 he carried a bill through Parliament to replace the medieval Bristol Bridge

Bristol Bridge

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which was in a bad state of repair.