James Carmichael Smyth

James Carmichael Smyth FRS FRCP (23 February 1742 – 18 June 1821) was a Scottish physician and medical writer.

Life He was born in Fife, Scotland, as James Carmichael, the only son of Margaret Smyth of Aithernie and Thomas Carmichael of Balmedie. He later added his mother's surname to his own.

His eldest son, James, initially an officer in the Royal Engineers and later Governor of the Bahamas and British Guiana, was created a baronet in 1821. A younger son, Henry, was stepfather to William Makepeace Thackeray.