Philip Smith (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Philip Smith, CB (10 January 1837 – 1 November 1894) was a senior British Army officer who served as Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the Home District from 1889 until his retirement in 1892.

Philip Smith
Born10 January 1837
Woodhall, Hertfordshire
Died1 November 1894 (aged 54)[1]
Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1855–92
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldHome District
Grenadier Guards
Battles/warsMahdist War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Family

Smith was born at the Woodhall estate in Hertfordshire, the third son of Colonel Abel Smith and Frances Anne Calvert, daughter of General Sir Harry Calvert.[1][2]

Military career

Smith was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1855.[3] He went on to be Adjutant of his Regiment in 1859.[4] He became Commanding Officer of a battalion of his Regiment in 1880[5] and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath following the Expedition to Egypt in 1882.[6] He took command of the whole Regiment in 1885.[7]

He was promoted to major general in 1886,[8] and made Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the Home District in 1889.[9] He became a member of the Council of the National Rifle Association[10] and died at Hinchingbrooke House in 1894.[11]

References
  1. "Lieutenant-General Philip Smith, C.B.". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 3 November 1894. p. 6.
  2. Burke, Bernard (1898). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison & sons. p. 1363. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  3. "No. 21652". The London Gazette. 19 January 1855. p. 209.
  4. "No. 22235". The London Gazette. 1 March 1859. p. 953.
  5. "No. 25465". The London Gazette. 28 April 1885. p. 1919.
  6. "No. 25169". The London Gazette. 17 November 1882. p. 5166.
  7. "No. 25507". The London Gazette. 1 September 1885. p. 4132.
  8. "No. 25611". The London Gazette. 27 July 1886. p. 3621.
  9. Underground Rifle Ranges The Times, 1890
  10. "National Rifle Association Charter" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  11. 'Parishes: Brampton', A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 3 (1936), pp. 12–20. Date accessed: 19 June 2010.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Reginald Gipps		 GOC Home District
1889–1892		 Succeeded by
Lord Methuen
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