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 ⓘ