Sir Harry Smith

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Sir Harry Smith was a 19th-century British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his military campaigns in the Napoleonic and colonial wars and for serving as Governor of the Cape Colony.

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Sir Harry Smith canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer
colonial administrator
human
areaOfActivity British colonial administration
military history
associatedWith Cape Colony
Napoleonic Wars in Europe
linked to: Napoleonic Wars

Orange River Sovereignty
Southern Africa
conflict Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
Seventh Xhosa War
linked to: Xhosa Wars

Sixth Xhosa War
linked to: Xhosa Wars

War of 1812
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
employer British Army
British government
linked to: UK government
familyName Smith
givenName Harry
honorificPrefix Sir
languageSpoken English
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank lieutenant general
namesake Harrismith, South Africa
linked to: Harrismith

Ladysmith, British Columbia
Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal
Ladysmith, South Africa
linked to: Ladysmith

Sir Harry Smith Community College
notableAchievement commanded British forces in frontier wars at the Cape
expanded British influence in Southern Africa
notableEvent marriage to Juana María de los Dolores de León during the Peninsular War
notableWork annexation of the Orange River Sovereignty
military campaigns in South Africa
service in the Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington
positionHeld Governor of the Cape Colony
High Commissioner for Southern Africa
colonial governor
sexOrGender male
spouse Juana María de los Dolores de León

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Orange River Sovereignty establishedBy Sir Harry Smith
Harrismith namedAfter Sir Harry Smith