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 in the mutiny commanded a Brigade in Rajputana, against Tantia Topi : at the capture of Gwalior, etc. : C.B., 1859 : commanded the Poona Division : General, 1877 : died April 18, 1891 : wrote on military subjects

SMITH, REGINALD BOSWORTH (1839–)

Born June 28, 1839 : son of Canon Reginald Southwell Smith : educated at Marlborough and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (ist Class in Mods, and Final Classical School) : Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford : Assistant Master, Harrow School : author of ''Muhammad and Muhammadanism. The Life of Lord Lawrence'', etc. etc,

SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818–1861)

Born Dec. 31, 1818 : son of Richard Smith, Surgeon R.N. : educated at Lasswade, Dunse Academy, and Addiscombe : joined the Madras Engineers at Madras in 1838, Adjutant, 1839 : appointed Assistant to Sir Proby Cautley, Superintendent of the Doab canal, in 1840 : was in charge of the Jamna canal in 1843 : in the first Sikh war was with Sir Harry Smith at Badiwal and Aliwal, also at Sobraon : after the war resumed his canal work : in the Panjab campaign of 1848–9, was at Ramnagar, Sadulapur, Chilianwala, and Gujarat : on furlough was deputed to examine the irrigation canals of Piedmont and Lombardy, 1850–2 : reported on the irrigation works of the Madras Presidency : in 1854 succeeded Cautley as Superintendent of Canals, N.W.P. : in the mutiny he put Rurki into a state of defence, then went to Delhi as Chief Engineer, He advised an immediate assault of the city, which could not be carried out : but, on his persistence, the siege was continued, the siege train arrived, and Archdale Wilson, the General commanding, yielded to Smith's judgment as to the necessity of assaulting Delhi : breaches were effected by bombardment, and Delhi was taken by assault on Sep. 14, 1857 : Baird Smith, though painfully wounded, carried the operations through, bearing great responsibility, and deserving full credit for their success : "his indomitable courage and determined perseverance" are mentioned (by Lord Roberts) : "We must hold on," he said to Wilson: he was ably supported by Capt. Alexander Taylor, R.E. : C.B., and Lt-Colonel: Mint-master of Calcutta Sep. 1858 : Member of the Calcutta University : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : Secretary to the Govt, of India in the P.W.D. : did excellent service in connection with the famine of 1861 : on his way home, died off Madras, Dec. 13, 1861. A monument was erected to his memory in St, Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta.

SMITH, SIR ROBERT MURDOCH (1835–1900)

Born Aug. 18, 1835 : son of Hugh Smith : educated at Kilmarnock, and Glasgow University: entered the Royal Engineers, 1855 : on the archaeological expedition to Asia Minor which discovered the mausoleum at Hahcarnassus. 1856–9 : explored the Cyrenaica, in N. Africa, 1860–1 : employed on the Persian portion of the telegraph line to India, 1863 : became Director of the Persian telegraph at Teheran, 1865–85 : Director of the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, 1885 : Dkector in Chief of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, 1887 : on special Mission to Persia, 1887 : K.C.M.G., 1888 : Maj-General : wrote on Persian art, and subjects connected with Persia; died July 3, 1900.

SMITH, ROBERT PERCY (1770–1845)

Known as "Bob us" Smith : son of Robert Smith, and brother of Sydney Smith, and father of Lord Lyveden (q.v.) : born 1770 : educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge : called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn, 1797 : appointed Advocate-General of Bengal, 1803 : Sir James Mackintosh wrote of him—"I hear frequently of Bobus. His fame among the natives is greater than that of any pandit since the days of Manu" : Smith returned to England in seven years with a fortune : M.P. 1812, and 1818–26 : had a great reputation for his wit and conversation, and Latin ' verse : died March 10, 1845.

SMITH, SAMUEL (1836–)

Born at Kirkcudbright, 1836 : son of James Smith, merchant. Liverpool : educated at Borgue Academy: M.P, for