Family and Education
b. 11 Jan. 1790, 1st s. of Maj.-Gen. Sir John Frederick Sigismund Smith and Isabella ?Harcup; bro. of Leicester Viney Vernon MP. educ. Great Marlow, Woolwich Royal Military Academy. m. 31 Jan. 1813, Harriet, da. of Thomas Thorn of Buckland House, Kent, s.p. KH 1830, knight bachelor 1831. suc. fa. 11 Apr. 1834. d. 20 Nov. 1874.
Offices Held
2nd lt. Royal Engineers 1805, 1st lt. 1806, capt. 1811, lt.-col. 1830, col. 1846, maj.-gen. 1854, lt.-gen. 1859, col. commdt. 1860, gen. 1863.
Dir. Royal Engineers Chatham 1842 – 51; commdr. royal engineers Portsmouth 1851 – 55, Aldershot 1855 – 56; Inspector, Military College of the East India Co. 1856–7.
Extra gent. usher privy chamber 1833, ordinary gentleman usher 1834 – d.
Inspector-general railways 1840 – 41; royal commissioner railway gauges 1845 – 46, metropolitan railway termini 1846, promotion and recruitment in the army 1858, harbours of refuge 1858–9.
FRS; associate, Institute of Civil Engineers, 1841 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: 39 Hyde Park Square, London; Buckland House, Dover, Kent.
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Commons 1832-1868
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