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Smith, Sir Harry George Wakelyn, (1787-1860), 1st Baronet of Aliwal, Lieutenant General, colonial governor

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Surname: Smith
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Harry George Wakelyn
Gender: Male
Date: 1787-1860
Title: 1st Baronet of Aliwal
Biography: ODNB link for Smith, Sir Harry George Wakelyn (1787-1860) Baronet Lieutenant General Colonial Governor
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275583 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P149644 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1805-1851: War Office: Lieutenant General Sir Harry G W Smith, Adjutant General in India and Governor of Cape Colony: Papers
The National Archives, Kew
WO 135
2
1805-51: corresp, diary and papers
The National Archives
WO 135
See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
3
1834-52: corresp and papers rel to Cape Colony
Cory Library for Historical Research
MSS 481-735; PR 28-63
4
1846: MS autobiography
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Add 7036
5
1850-51: letters to subordinates (copies)
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
6807/352
NRA 18641 Nat Army Mus misc
6
1837-56: corresp with Sir George Brown
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 1851-52, 1863, 2840-53 passim
7
1847-52: corresp with 3rd Earl Grey
Durham University Library and Collections
GRE/B125/1-9
NRA 6228 Grey
8
letters to Lord Tweeddale
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur F 96
NRA 27520