Sir Lt Gen Harry Smith GCB 1st Baronet
(1787-1860)
statesman, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1st Baronet Smith of Aliwal (from 1846), and British Army Lieutenant General (from 1847)
Died aged c. 73
Wikidata WikipediaLieutenant-General Sir Henry George Wakelyn Smith, 1st Baronet, GCB (28 June 1787 – 12 October 1860) was a notable English soldier and military commander in the British Army of the early 19th century. A veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, he is also particularly remembered for his role in the Battle of Aliwal, India in 1846, his subsequent governorship of the Cape Colony, and as the husband of Lady Smith.
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Sir Harry Smith BART (1787-1860) soldier, statesman and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, lived here.
65 Daisy Bank Road, Victoria Park, Manchester, United Kingdom where they lived