Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet

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Major-General Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet, Script error: No such module "If empty". (22 February 1779Template:Snd4 March 1838) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.

Biography

Early life and family

Carmichael-Smyth was born in London the eldest son of Scottish physician and medical writer, James Carmichael Smyth and Mary Holyland.[1] His younger brother Henry Carmichael-Smyth, would achieve distinction as an officer serving the East India Company and for being the step-father of William Makepeace Thackeray.

Carmichael Smyth married Harriet Morse, daughter of Robert Morse, on 28Script error: No such module "String".May 1816 and they had one son.[2]

Career

He was educated at Charterhouse School and the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, London[1] before joining the Royal Engineers in March 1795 as a second lieutenant. One of the chief engineering officers of the British Army in Southern Africa between 1795 and 1808, he then went to Spain under Lieutenant-general Sir John Moore in 1808–9. From 1813 to 1815 he was stationed in the Low Countries and was present at the ill-fated Siege of Bergen op Zoom in 1814 before going on to command the Royal Corps of Engineers & Sappers at Waterloo.[2] Prior to the battle, Smyth had created a plan of the ground that allowed Wellington to place his troops rapidly and advantageously.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

In 1818, he was on Wellington's staff at the Board of Ordnance. He was made a baronet in August 1821 on Wellington's recommendation.[1] He was sent by Wellington in 1823 to survey the defences in the Low Countries and the British West Indies and in 1825 to repeat the operation in British North America.[2] He was promoted major-general in May 1825 and, after carrying out some engineering works in Ireland, was made Governor of the Bahamas in May 1829.[1] In June 1833, he was transferred to be Governor of British Guiana, where he had to deal with issues related to the emancipation of slaves.[2]

Between 1815 and 1831, he had published eight volumes on the subjects of military engineering, defence, and slavery.

Death

He died of an illness on 4Script error: No such module "String".March 1838 in Georgetown, Guiana and his son James Robert Carmichael became the second baronet.[1]

Notes

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References

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Further reading

Government offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Governor of the Bahamas
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Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
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