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Sir James Carmichael Smyth, 1st Baronet : ウィキペディア英語版 | Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet
:''This article concerns the colonial administrator. For his father, the Scottish physician, see James Carmichael Smyth (physician)'' Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet (22 February 17794 March 1838) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. ==Life== Carmichael-Smyth was born in London the eldest son of doctor and medical writer, James Carmichael Smyth and Mary Holyland. He was educated at Charterhouse School and the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, London before joining the Royal Engineers in March 1795 as a second lieutenant. One of the chief engineering officers of the British Army in Southern Africa between 1795-1808, he then went to Spain under Lieutenant-general Sir John Moore in 1808-9. From 1813-15 he was stationed in the Low Countries and commanded the Royal Corps of Engineers & Sappers at Waterloo. Prior to the battle, Smyth had created a plan of the ground that allowed Wellington to place his troops rapidly and advantageously. He died on 4March 1838 in Georgetown, Guyana.
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