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Philip Smith (British Army officer)

Philip Smith (British Army officer)

British Army general

Lieutenant General Philip Smith, CB (10 January 1837 – 1 November 1894) was a senior British Army officer who served as Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the Home District from 1889 until his retirement in 1892.

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Family

Smith was born at the Woodhall estate in Hertfordshire, the third son of Colonel Abel Smith and Frances Anne Calvert, daughter of General Sir Harry Calvert.[1][2]

Military career

Smith was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1855.[3] He went on to be adjutant of his regiment in 1859.[4] He became commanding officer of a battalion of his regiment in 1880[5] and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath following the Expedition to Egypt in 1882.[6] He took command of the whole Regiment in 1885.[7]

He was promoted to major general in 1886,[8] and made major general commanding the Brigade of Guards and general officer commanding the Home District in 1889.[9] He became a member of the council of the National Rifle Association[10] and died at Hinchingbrooke House in 1894.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    "Lieutenant-General Philip Smith, C.B.". The Times. 3 November 1894. p. 6.
  2. [2]
    Burke, Bernard (1898). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison & sons. p. 1363.
  3. [3]
    "No. 21652". The London Gazette. 19 January 1855. p. 209.
  4. [4]
    "No. 22235". The London Gazette. 1 March 1859. p. 953.
  5. [5]
    "No. 25465". The London Gazette. 28 April 1885. p. 1919.
  6. [6]
    "No. 25169". The London Gazette. 17 November 1882. p. 5166.
  7. [7]
    "No. 25507". The London Gazette. 1 September 1885. p. 4132.
  8. [8]
    "No. 25611". The London Gazette. 27 July 1886. p. 3621.
  9. [9]
    Underground Rifle Ranges The Times, 1890
  10. [10]
    "National Rifle Association Charter" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  11. [11]
    'Parishes: Brampton', A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 3 (1936), pp. 12–20. Date accessed: 19 June 2010.
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