Smyth, Carmichael 1779-1838
Variant names1794 second lieutenant, Royal Artillery; 1795 transferred to Royal Engineers; 1796-1800 served in South Africa; 1797 lieutenant; 1802 second captain; 1805-1808 served on Sir David Baird's expedition to the Cape of Good Hope; 1806-1807 acting colonial secretary; 1806 first captain; early 1810s served in Scotland; 1813-1815 served in the Netherlands; 1815 colonel, aide-de-camp to the prince regent, CB; 1821 baronet; 1823-1825 expedition to British West Indies; 1825 expedition to Canada; 1828 report on Irish survey; 1829-1833 governor and commander-in-chief of the Bahamas; 1829 KCH; 1833-1838 governor of British Guiana
Epithet: army officer and colonial governor
Title: 1st Baronet
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Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire |
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Birth 1779
Death 1838
Male