Henry Augustus Smyth

Sir Henry Augustus Smyth
Sir Henry Smyth, by Francis Smyth Baden-Powell
Born	(1825-11-25)November 25, 1825 St James's Street, London
Died	September 19, 1906(1906-09-19) (aged 80) Stone, Buckinghamshire
Buried	Stone, Buckinghamshire
Allegiance	British Army
Service/branch	United Kingdom
Years of service	1841–1893
Rank	General
Unit	Royal Artillery
Battles/wars	Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Other work	Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

General Sir Henry Augustus Smyth (1825–1906), KCMG, FSA, FRGS, was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Bedford school Smyth was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1943. He served in the Crimean War and went on to become General Officer Commanding the troops in South Africa in 1886 and acting Governor of Cape Colony as well as acting High Commissioner for Southern Africa in 1889. In 1890 he became Governor of Malta.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Smyth, Sir Henry Augustus". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 352–353. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
• Freedman, Russell (1967). "Dinizulu". New York: Holiday House. Retrieved 18 March 2013.