Henry Augustus Smyth

General Sir Henry Augustus Smyth KCMG FSA FRGS (25 November 1825 – 19 September 1906) was a senior British Army officer. He was the son of Admiral William Henry Smyth and the brother of astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth and geologist Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth. Of his sisters, Henrietta married the theologian Baden Powell and Georgiana the anatomist Sir William Henry Flower.

For the general with a similar name, see Henry Smyth (British Army officer, born 1816).

Sir Henry Augustus Smyth
Sir Henry Smyth, by Francis Smyth Baden-Powell
Born(1825-11-25)25 November 1825
St James's Street, London
Died19 September 1906(1906-09-19) (aged 80)
Stone, Buckinghamshire
Buried
Stone, Buckinghamshire
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1841–1893
RankGeneral
UnitRoyal Artillery
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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