See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

SIDNEY See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY SMITH (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

SMITH (1764-1840)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, was the second son of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith of the See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster on the 21st of See also:

• JULY

July 1764 . He entered the See also:

• NAVY

navy, according to his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, " at the beginning of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War," being only about eleven years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . For his bravery under See also:

• RODNEY, GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY, BARON (1718—1792)

Rodney in the See also:

• ACTION

action near Cape St See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1780, he was on the 25th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September appointed See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of the " Alcide," 74 . After serving in the actions against the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French fought by See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

Graves off Chesapeake in 1781 and by Rodney at the Leeward Islands in 1782, he was on the 6th of May of the latter See also:

• YEAR

year promoted to be See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the " Fury " See also:

• SLOOP

sloop, and on the 18th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October advanced to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of captain . His See also:

• SHIP

ship having been paid off in the beginning of 1784, he spent two years in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and afterwards visited See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . From 1790 to 1792 he advised the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden in the war with See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, receiving for his services the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood . After his re-turn to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he was sent on a See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, and having joined See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

Hood at See also:

• TOULON

Toulon from See also:

• SMYRNA (Ismir)

Smyrna in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1793, he, though only on See also:

• HALF

half pay, was actively employed in the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

• BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

burn the enemy's See also:

• SHIPS

ships and See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal . In the following years he was engaged in the Channel See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting French privateers; but, having with the boats of his See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron boarded in See also:

• HAVRE
• HAVRE, LE

Havre-de-See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

Grace See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour a lugger which was driven by the See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide above the French forts, he was on the 19th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1796 compelled to surrender and sent a prisoner to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . By means of forged orders for his removal to another See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison he made his See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape from the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple, and, See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the Channel in a small skiff picked up at Havre, arrived in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 8th of May 1798 . In October he was appointed to the command of the " See also:

• TIGRE

Tigre," 8o, and was sent to the Mediterranean . By a very curious decision of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government he was joined in See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• SPENCER
• SPENCER, HERBERT (1820-1903)
• SPENCER, JOHN CHARLES SPENCER, 3RD EARL (1782-1845)
• SPENCER, JOHNPOYNTZ SPENCER
• SPENCER, WILLIAM ROBERT (1769-1834)

Spencer Smith, See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister at Constantinople . Learning of See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte's approach to St See also:

• JEAN

Jean d'See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

Acre, he hastened to its See also:

• RELIEF

relief, and on the 16th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1799 captured the enemy's flotilla, after which he successfully defended the See also:

• TOWN

town, compelling See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon on the loth of May to raise the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege and See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat in disorder, leaving all his See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery behind .

For this brilliant exploit he received the See also:

• SPECIAL

special thanks of the Houses of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament and was awarded an See also:

• ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

annuity of r000 . On the 24th of January 1800 he took upon himself to make the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention of El Arish, by which the French were to have been allowed to evacuate See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . His action was disallowed by his superiors, who insisted that the French must surrender . Subsequently he co-operated with See also:

• ABERCROMBY
• ABERCROMBY, PATRICK (1656–c.-1716)
• ABERCROMBY, SIR RALPH (1734-1801)

Abercromby, under whom he commanded the See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• ABOUKIR

Aboukir, where he was wounded . On his return to England he was in 1802 elected M.P. for the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• ROCHESTER
• ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, 2ND EARL
• ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711)

Rochester . In March 1803 he was commissioned to See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch the preparations of the French for an invasion of England . Having on the 9th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 18o5 been promoted to be See also:

• REAR

rear-admiral of the See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue, he was in the following January despatched on See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret service for the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily and See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples . His conduct was as usual brilliant, but, also as usual, his vanity and self-assertion led him into quarrels with the military See also:

• OFFICERS

officers . He relieved See also:

• GAETA (anc. Caietae Portus)

Gaeta and captured See also:

• CAPRI (anc. Capreae)

Capri, but on the 25th of January 1807 received orders to proceed to See also:

• MALTA
• MALTA (or MEDITERRANEAN) FEVER

Malta, first See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college from .1873 to September 1910 was whence he joined See also:

• SIR

Sir John See also:

• DUCKWORTH, SIR JOHN THOMAS (1748-1817)

Duckworth, who was sent to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act against the See also:

• TURKS

Turks . On the 7th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February, with the rear See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the squadron, he destroyed the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• FLEET

fleet and spiked the batteries off See also:

• ABYDOS

Abydos . In November following he was sent to See also:

• BLOCKADE
• BLOCKADE (Fr. blocus, Ger. Blokade)

blockade the See also:

• TAGUS (Span. Tajo, Portug. Tejo)

Tagus, and was mainly instrumental in embarking the Portuguese See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent and royal See also:

• FAMILY

family for Rio de Janeiro, after which he was sent as commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief to the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of S . See also:

• AMERICA

America in February 18o8 .

At Rio• he was entangled in another See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel with the See also:

• BRITISH

British minister, Lord See also:

• STRANGFORD, VISCOUNT

Strangford, and was summarily recalled in 1809 . On the 31st of July 1810 he was made See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral of the blue, and on the 18th of July 1812 was despatched as second in command under Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Pellew (afterwards See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount See also:

• EXMOUTH
• EXMOUTH, EDWARD PELLEW, 1ST VISCOUNT (1757-1833)

Exmouth) to the Mediterranean, but the expedition was uneventful . His See also:

• TERM

term of active service practically closed in 1814 . He was made K.C.B. in 1815 and in 1821 admiral . The later years of his See also:

• LIFE

life were spent at Paris, where he died on the 26th of May 1840 . His restless self-assertion brought him into collision with many of his, contemporaries, including See also:

• NELSON
• NELSON, HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT (1758-1805)
• NELSON, ROBERT (s656-1715)

Nelson and Sir John See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore . See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• BUNBURY
• BUNBURY, HENRY WILLIAM (1750-1811)

Bunbury's Narrative of some Passages in the See also:

• GREAT

Great War with France contains a most amusing account of his theatrical vanity . But though by nature a boaster he was both daring and ingenious . See See also:

• BARROW
• BARROW (from A.S. beorh, a mount or hillock)
• BARROW, ISAAC (1630-1677)
• BARROW, SIR JOHN (1764-1848)

Barrow, Life of Admiral Sir W . S . Smith (2 vols., 1848) .