| Show THE FOUNDER OF LADYSMITH SIR HARRY GEORGE W SMITH NR Sir tarry Harry George Georgi Waken Wakelyn Smith Dart Bart who gave the name to the town of In the Orange Free State was descended from an old Cambridge shire family residing nl at Whittlesey In Inthe inthe the Isle Islo ot of Ely Eb some six miles from Crom Peterborough HIs fAther a surgeon RR With ono one hand the doctor un bandaged the damaged knee and with the other he held a bouquet to his nose Sir Harr tarry less leRs badly wounded watched the doctor and the bouquet Which ever and anon He gave his nose nOlie ant away again M A Sons three ot of whom were soldiers and the tho fourth a doctor The three soldier sons went through the Peninsular war and were at Water Waterloo loo Joo and returned satel safely says anys the clil cago Times Herald Sir hurry was the eldest Captain Charles Smith was the second Colonel Thomas Smith C D B beIng the youngest At the battle batUe of i 1 io i the Cos Coa Sir harry then a major and Colonel Thomas then a lieutenant were wounded though the formers wound was oa not II a severe one They were brought from the scene of battla many miles down a rough country In a II shaky cart and their suffering was In n tense The present ambulance advent ages acu were Iere not then In existence The fhe two brothers were placed In the same hospital and a young oung doctor cane to dress their wounds wound which were In Ina Ina a frightful condition for want ot of at ate e e I And ns as the soldiers bore dead bodies b bHe by lie He called them untaught knaves un unmannerly unmannerly mannerly To bring a slovenly unhandsome corso Betwixt the wind and his nobility SIr Harry like Then all smarting with his wounds be beIng being Ing cold To 10 be so pestered with a popinjay jumped but ot of kicked the Qung oung doctor down the stairs Thie was waB a breach ot of military discipline for which he was wall brought before the duke duko and admonished but the duke secretly laughed at the circumstance Sir liar liart t ry was at the siege lIege ot of Badajos here a avery avery very Interesting Incident occurred lie was standing with the general and start staff f when hen a Spanish countess and her ber young oung slater come came to the general for tor protection I tion Sir Harry was smitten by the charms ot of the younger of at the fair rs this ripened Into love lot and she eventually became his Smith from whom comes the name of the town of Ladysmith now so ta a moue moua At Sir harry Smith was brigade major his brother Thomas was adjutant ot of the RIfle brigade Sir Harry was a good soldier and showed great skill and bravery brant In the Sikh wars At the battle batlle ot of which was entirely his battle and for tor which he was wall created a baronet with witha a pension to Lad Lady Smith he defeated ted the Sikhs with great slaughter Iau ht r Wirer ever eer he went ent there wu was lighting to be bedone bedone l I done and he almost died In harness Lady Smith accompanied him wherever ever he went She was at the battle ot of I nn and received a medal I which is 15 still In the possession ot of the family Lady Gough was also at this severe fight On his return from his victories agaInst the Sikhs a banquet was glen given him at his native When returning thanks he quoted the lines Breathes there the man with soul so dead Who never to himself bath said paId ThIs Is my own my native landl landi Whose heart hath neer within him burned As home his footsteps he hath bath turned From wandering on a foreign strand Alter After that he went to South Africa Prom From 1817 to he was governor of the Cape and did great service In the fights against the lie died with without out ut children and th the baronetcy which might have been granted for alien alIon through Colonel Thomas Smith had he not It became extinct Colonel Thomas Smith had Elx alx sons In the army and one In the navy And Andall andall all but one predeceased him His widow Is h still living and In good health Sir Hart Harry was educated at a school which formed originally an eastern chapel of at the south aJ aisle le of the ful Church ot of St Mary This chap chapel 1 now called the Smith Chapel was restored In honor ot of the hero of and what was the school Is now again part ot of the church and nd adorned b by three painted windows Within this church rest many members of oC the old family ancestors of the hero ot of forty battles Many tople still live who ho remember Sir Hur harry iris 1111 brothers and father and cherish the memory or of the kindliness ot of the three sans who served their country countr en 0 well The of the three South African towns Lady and will perpetuate the tame ot of the brave soldier and hl his good wife wh whose silhouettes taken at a 11 late period of life lite ate are reproduced herewith |
