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Henry Augustus Smyth KCMG (1825 - 1906)

Gen. Sir Henry Augustus Smyth KCMG
Born in Westminster, Middlesex, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 14 Apr 1874 (to 18 Sep 1906) in Lillington, Warwickshire, Englandmap
Died at age 80 in Stone, Buckinghamshire, Englandmap
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Biography

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Henry Smyth KCMG is Notable.
Henry Augustus Smyth was born 25 Nov 1825 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.[1]
He was the third son of
William Henry Smyth and Annarella Warington.
General Sir Henry Augustus Smyth KCMG FSA FRGS was an English army officer and colonial governor. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1843, he served in the Crimean War and was present at the Siege of Sevastopol. After being Commandant of Woolwich garrison and military district from 1882, in 1886 he was appointed general officer commanding all British troops in South Africa. In 1888 he mustered an army of 2,000 men and left for Zululand to put down a rebellion. The next year he became acting Governor of Cape Colony as well as acting High Commissioner for Southern Africa. His last post was as Governor of Malta from 1890 until he retired in 1893.[2][3]
On the 1871 Census he was at his late fathers house in Paddington, London.[4]
On 14 Apr 1874 at Lillington in Warwickshire he married Helen Constance Greaves.
They had no children.
He died on 18 Sep 1906 at Stone in Buckinghamshire, where he was buried.[5]
Probate was granted on 6 Dec 1906 to his widow, Dame Helen Constance Smyth. [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ Wikipedia - Henry Augustus Smyth
    (accessed 15 Jun 2018)
  2. ↑ Lunt, James (reviewer)
    "Smyth, Sir Henry Augustus (1825–1906)"
    Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36174 January 2008
  3. ↑ Robert Hamilton Vetch
    "Smyth, Henry Augustus"
    Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement
  4. ↑ 1871 CENSUS: Henry Augustus Smyth
    "England and Wales Census, 1871"
    (FamilySearch database: 19 February 2021)
    Residence: Paddington, London, Middlesex, England, UK
    Occupation: Ret Col Artillery; Age 40
    Digital Folder#: 004405567; Microfilm#: 000838755
    Image#: 00391; Indexing Batch: N04338-9
  5. ↑ DEATH of Henry Augustus Smyth
    "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
    (FamilySearch database: 31 December 2014)
    Death: 1906 @ Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
    General Register Office, Southport, England
  6. ↑ PROBATE: Henry Augustus Smyth
    Probate record image at FindMyPast
    "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957"
    (FamilySearch database: 17 September 2018)
    Probate: 6 Dec 1906 @ Buckinghamshire, England, UK
    Beneficiary: Dame Helen Constance Smyth (Widow)
    Estate Value: £16,967 3s 3d; Resworn Value £18,182 16s 9d
    Her Majesty's Stationery Office, GB; FHL microfilm 251,398

Footnotes

1871 CENSUS: Household of Elizabeth Ann (Warington) Smyth (Mother)
Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
______________________________ _______________________ ________ __________ __________________________
NAME POSITION SEX AGE BIRTHPLACE
Ann Smyth Head F 82 Naples, Italy
Henry Augustus Smyth Son M 40 Westminster, Middlesex
Ellen P Toynbee Sister F 42 Bedford, Bedfordshire
Henry Toynbee Household Staff M 51 Lincolnshire
Martha Parker Household Staff F 39 Clerkenwell, Middlesex
Louisa Sessions Household Staff F 28 Derby, Derbyshire
______________________________ _______________________ ________ __________ __________________________




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