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Thomas Smythe
Sir Thomas Smythe or Smith (c.1558 – 4 September 1625),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sir Thomas Smythe )〕 was an English merchant, politician and colonial administrator. He was the first governor of the East India Company and was treasurer of the Virginia Company from 1609 to 1620.
==Early life==
Thomas Smythe was born about 1558, the second surviving son of Thomas "Customer" Smythe of Westenhanger Castle in Kent, by his wife Alice, daughter of Sir Andrew Judde. His grandfather, John Smythe of Corsham, Wiltshire, is described as yeoman, haberdasher and clothier, and was High Sheriff of Essex for the year of 1532. His father carried on the business of a haberdasher in the city of London, and was ‘customer’ of the port of London. He purchased Westenhanger from Sir Thomas Sackville, and much other property from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and was buried at Sutton, Kent,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SMYTHE, Sir Thomas (c.1558-1625), of Philpott Lane, London and Bounds Place, Bidborough, Kent )〕 where there is a monument to his memory.〔engraved in ''Gent. Mag.'' 1835, i. 257〕 His elder son, Sir John Smythe or Smith (1556?–1608) of Westenhanger, was High Sheriff of Kent in 1600 and father of Thomas Smythe, 1st Viscount Strangford.
Thomas was educated at Merchant Taylors' School (1571).〔
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