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Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet

1787–1860 · 19th century

Sir Harry Smith was a British army officer who served in the Peninsular War and won the Battle of Aliwal in the First Anglo-Sikh War. As Governor of the Cape Colony from 1847 to 1852 he annexed British Kaffraria between the Keiskamma and Kei rivers and proclaimed the Orange River Sovereignty in 1848. The costly Eighth Frontier War led to his recall.

Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet
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Mentioned in 3 state histories

Province of Queen AdelaideBritish KaffrariaOrange River Sovereignty

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