| 词条 | Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet |
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General Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCH}} (9 October 1778 – 2 January 1842) was a British diplomat, colonial administrator, and soldier. LifeHis mother was noted writer and feminist Charlotte Turner Smith. His father was Benjamin Smith, and his paternal grandfather was Richard Smith, a wealthy merchant and slave-owner.[1] In 1821, General Smith, then serving in the Bombay Army, commanded a punitive campaign against the Bani Bu Ali tribe in Oman. Lionel Smith was Governor of Tobago in 1833 and then Governor of Barbados (1833–1836), Viceroy of the colony of Windward Islands (which then included Grenada) from 1833 to 1836. He was awarded a baronetcy on 19 July 1838 for his service as Governor of Jamaica from 1836 to 1839. During his governorship, the United Kingdom passed the Abolition Act that stated that slavery "shall be and is hereby utterly abolished and unlawful". On 1 August 1838, Governor Sir Lionel read the Proclamation of Freedom to a crowd of 8,000 at the Celebration of emancipation in the Square of Spanish Town, the then capital of Jamaica. The day has since been a day of celebration on Jamaica and a public holiday since 1893. He was made Colonel of the 96th Regiment of Foot from 1832 to 1834 and later of the 40th Regiment of Foot from 1837 for life. He left Jamaica in 1839 having run into difficulties with the passing of the Prisons Act and dissolving Jamaica's Assembly. Lionel Town, Clarendon is named after the Governor. He was the fifth Governor of Mauritius from 16 July 1840 to 2 January 1842.[2] FamilySmith was twice married:[3][4]
References1. ^{{cite book|author=John Bernard Burke|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfdRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA914|year=1845|publisher=H. Colburn|page=914}} 2. ^http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mauritius.htm 3. ^{{cite DNB|wstitle=Smith, Lionel|volume=53}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=John Debrett|title=The Baronetage of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CEIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA463|year=1839|publisher=J. G. & F. Rivington|page=463}} 5. ^{{cite DNB12|wstitle=Duckett, George Floyd|volume=1}} External links
(of Jamaica) | years=1838–1842}}{{s-aft | after=Lionel Smith-Gordon}}{{s-gov}}{{succession box | before=Nathaniel Blackwell | title=Governor of Tobago | years=1833 | after=Henry Darling}}{{succession box | before=Sir James Frederick Lyon | title=Governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands | years=1833–1836 | after=Sir Evan John Murray MacGregor}}{{succession box | before=The Marquess of Sligo | title=Governor of Jamaica | years=1836–1839 | after=Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt}}{{succession box | before=Sir William Nicolay | title=Governor of Mauritius | years=1840–1842 | after=Sir William Maynard Gomm}} |-{{s-mil}}{{succession box | before=Sir George Cooke | title=Colonel of the 40th Regiment of Foot | years=1837–1842 | after=Sir Alexander George Woodford}} |-{{succession box | before=Sir Edward Barnes | title=Colonel of the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot | years=1834–1837 | after=Paul Anderson}} |-{{succession box | before=Sir Joseph Fuller | title=Colonel of the 96th Regiment of Foot | years=1832–1834 | after=Sir William Thornton}}{{S-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Lionel, 1st Baronet}}{{Baronet-stub}}{{Jamaica-politician-stub}}{{Barbados-politician-stub}}{{Trinidad-politician-stub}} 10 : 1778 births|1842 deaths|Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom|British Army generals|Governors of the Windward Islands|Governors of Barbados|Governors of Jamaica|Governors of British Tobago|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order |
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