Indies, where he was removed into the Adamant, of 50 guns, bearing the flag of Sir Richard Hughes, with whom he returned to England in 1786.
From this period, Mr. Smith does not appear to have been afloat till June 1789, when we again find him serving under the same officer in the Adamant, on the American station. From that ship he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the Ratler, Aug. 10, 1790, and continued in her till she was put out of commission in June, 1792. His next appointment was to the Incendiary fire-vessel, in which he served from Feb. 1793 to Aug. 1794, and then became first Lieutenant of the Defence, 74, commanded by the present Lord Gambier, with whom he was appointed to the Prince George, a second rate, attached to the Channel fleet under Lord Bridport.
Immediately after the action off l’Orient, June 23, 1795[1], on which occasion the Prince George was commanded by Captain William Edge, our officer was advanced to the rank of Commander, and early in the following year appointed to the Calypso sloop of war. His post-commission bears date Jan. 6, 1797. We now lose sight of him till 1805, when he obtained an appointment to the Sea Fencibles at Lynn, whence he was removed to the Berwick district in Sept. 1807, and continued on the same service until the breaking up of that corps in 1810. During the ensuing three years he superintended the Impress service at Greenock; and from Nov. 1813 to Sept. 1815, commanded the Latona, bearing the flag of Sir W. Johnstone Hope, at Leith. His promotion to the rank he now holds took place July 19, 1821.
Rear-Admiral Smith married, April 20, 1795, Maria, only child of the late William Hulke, Esq., by whom he has two sons and two daughters.
Residence.– Hawthornlee, Berwickshire, N.B.
