| Authorised form of name | Smith; Sir; William Sidney (1764 - 1840) |
| Other forms of name | William Sydney |
| Dates | 1764 - 1840 |
| Place of birth | Westminster, England |
| Date of birth | 21 June 1764 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 26 May 1840 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Cemetery of Pere-Lachaise, Paris, France |
| Activity | Career:
Entered the Royal Navy (1777); Lieutenant, for bravery at Cape St Vincent, (1780); Captain (1782); taken prisoner by the French (1796) but escaped (1798); commanded the 'Tigre' in the Levant and held the town of St Jean d'Acre against Napoleon (1799); destroyed the Turkish fleet of Abydos (1807); Vice Admiral of the Blue (1810); Admiral (1821); lived last years in Paris
Honours:
Kt 1792; KCB 1815; GCB 1838
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 13/06/1811 |
| Relationships | Son of John Smith, Captain in the Guards |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1840 No 45 p 264
Notes:
alt name in Proc Roy Soc 1840 No 45 p 264. 'Saml Carlisle' is Samuel Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle |
| Code | NA6936 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1811/11 | Smith, Sir William Sidney: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/004291 | Smith, Sir William Stanley | nd |