Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith  (1723–1791), 10th Regiment of Foot, 1764

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Francis Smith was commissioned lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers in 1741 and joined the 10th Foot as a captain in 1747. In February 1762 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and five years later he took the regiment to America.

In 1775, as a brevet colonel he commanded a detachment which fought at Lexington, the first action of the American War of Independence (1775–1783). He received a serious leg wound at Fiske Hill, outside Concord, on 19 April 1775 and in August that year he applied for retirement. However, despite having shown himself somewhat mentally slow when in action, he was retained in the service and promoted. He commanded a brigade at Long Island in August 1776 and at Quaker Hill, Newport (Rhode Island) in August 1778. Smith eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in 1787.

National Army Museum

London

Title

Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith (1723–1791), 10th Regiment of Foot, 1764

Date

1764

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 127 x W 101.6 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1969-09-33

Acquisition method

gift from Mr G. H. W. Cruttwell, 1969

Work type

Painting

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