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Authorised form of nameSmith; Sir; John Mark Frederick (1790 - 1874)
Dates1790 - 1874
NationalityBritish
Place of birthThe Manor House, Paddington, Middlesex, England
Date of birth11 January 1790
Place of deathAt his residence, 62 Pembridge Villas, Notting Hill Gate, London
Date of death20 November 1874
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Kensal Green cemetery, London
OccupationSoldier
ActivityEducation:
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Career:
2nd Lieutenant (1805); Lieutenant-Colonel (1830); Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic order (1831); Inspector General of Railways (1840); MP for Chatham (1852-1853; 1857-1868); Colonel (1860); Major General (1863)
Honours:
KCH 1831
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/11/1841
RelationshipsSon of Major General Sir John Frederick Sigismund Smith of the Royal Artillery; married (1813) Harriet, daughter of Thomas Thorn of Buckland House
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA1661
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1841/34Smith, Sir John Mark Frederick: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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