User:Wee Curry Monster/Henry Smith
Henry Smith | |
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Born | 4 July 1797 Montreal, Canada |
Died | August 19, 1854 Varna Bay, Bulgaria | (aged 58)
Cause of death | Suspected to be Cholera |
Occupation | Naval Officer |
Organization | Royal Navy |
Known for | First British resident in the Falkland Islands, Commander of HMS Rattler |
Successor | Lt Robert Lowcay |
Spouse | Elisa |
Captain Henry Smith was a 19th Century naval officer in the Royal Navy. Whilst still a Lieutenant serving aboard HMS Tyne, in 1832 he volunteered to become the first British resident in the Falkland Islands, a position he remained in until he resigned the post in 1838. Although he was solely responsible for redeveloping the settlement at Port Louis in the Falkland Islands from a dilipidated state, he never received official recognition for his efforts and was even censored by his commanding officer. After resigning he returned to the UK and in 1844 was appointed as commander of the sloop HMS Rattler, a ship built to test the merits of the screw propeller which was tested against paddle steamers to prove the superiority of this form of naval propulsion. In 1853, he was appointed to command the iron screw ship HMS Simoom in the Crimean War but died aboard the ship the following year.
Early life
[edit]Naval career
[edit]Fakland Islands
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/24/Port_Louis_1834.jpg/220px-Port_Louis_1834.jpg)
HMS Rattler
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Alecto_and_Rattler.jpg/220px-Alecto_and_Rattler.jpg)
Crimean War
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/13/HMS_Simoom_%281849%29.jpg/220px-HMS_Simoom_%281849%29.jpg)
Personal life
[edit]References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Mary Cawkell (January 1983). The Falkland story, 1592–1982. A. Nelson. ISBN 978-0-904614-08-4. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- M. B. R. Cawkell; Mary Cawkell (1960). The Falkland Islands: by M.B.R. Cawkell, D. H. Maling and E. M. Cawkell. Macmillan. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- Mary Cawkell (2001). The History of the Falkland Islands. Anthony Nelson. ISBN 978-0-904614-55-8. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- David, Andrew; Tatham, David (1 June 2008). "Smith, Henry". In David Tatham (ed.). The Dictionary of Falklands Biography (Including South Georgia): From Discovery Up to 1981. D. Tatham. pp. 497–498. ISBN 978-0-9558985-0-1. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- Ian J. Strange (1983). The Falkland Islands. David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8531-9.
- The Annual Register: Or a View of the History, Politics and Literature, for the Year 1854. Dodsley. 1855. p. 325.
- Great Britain. Admiralty (1854). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. pp. 169–.
- The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jefferies. 1854. pp. 528–.