Sidney Smith Military person

Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, KCB, GCTE, FRS (21 June 1764 – 26 May 1840) was a British naval officer. Serving in the American and French revolutionary wars, he later rose to the rank of admiral. Napoleon Bonaparte, reminiscing later in his life, said of him: "That man made me miss my destiny".

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Sidney Smith
Birth dateJune 21, 1764
Birth place
London , Westminster
Date of deathMay 26, 1840
Place of death
Paris , France

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Military person

allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Order of the Bath
Order of the Sword
Order of the Tower and Sword
military operations
American Revolutionary War
Russo-Swedish War (1788–90)
Siege of Acre (1799)
Battle of the Chesapeake
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)
Battle of Svensksund
French campaign in Egypt and Syria
Battle of the Saintes
military branch
Royal Navy
service start1777
service end1814

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