Henry Augustus Smyth
Appearance
Sir Henry Augustus Smyth | |
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Born | St James's Street, London | November 25, 1825
Died | September 19, 1906 Stone, Buckinghamshire | (aged 80)
Buried | |
Allegiance | British Army |
Service/ | 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.[1] 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.[1] He became Governor of Malta in 1890 before retiring in 1893.[1]
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.
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1825 births
- 1906 deaths
- Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Royal Artillery officers
- Governors and Governors-General of Malta
- People educated at Bedford School
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- British Army personnel of the Crimean War
- British Army generals