Edward Selby Smyth
General Sir Edward Selby Smyth, KCMG (31 March, 1819 – 22 September, 1896) was a British General. He served as first general officer commanding the Militia of Canada from 1874 to 1880. In this time he lead pioneering expeditions to the North-West Territory, the Rocky Mountains and British Columbia.
He married Lucy Sophia Julia Campbell, daughter of Major-General Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet and Pamela FitzGerald in 1848.
External links
- Sir Edward Selby Smyth at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Ontario Volume, 1880 biography
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