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Chapter II: Appendix: VIII.—Sir Harry Smith’s Paternal and

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Maternal Ancestry 794

INDEX 795

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Sir Harry Smith _Frontispiece_
(_From a picture painted by Levin about 1856._)

Sir Harry Smith’s Birthplace, Whittlesey _To face p._ 156
(_From a photograph by A. Gray, Whittlesey, 1900._)

Juana Smith " 218
(_From a picture painted in Paris in 1815._)

St. Mary’s, Whittlesey " 260
(_From a photograph by A. Gray, Whittlesey, 1900._)

Lieut.-Colonel Harry Smith " 294
(_From a picture painted in Paris in 1815._)

John Smith (Sir Harry Smith’s Father) " 314
(_From a picture painted by J. P. Hunter in 1837._)

Cape Town and Table Mountain " 370
(_From a lithograph, 1832._)

Map to illustrate the Sutlej Campaign, 1845-6 " 498

Plan of the Battle of Aliwal " 536

“Aliwal,” Sir Harry Smith’s Charger " 576
(_From a picture painted by A. Cooper, R.A., 1847._)

Government House, Cape Town " 584
(_From a lithograph, 1832._)

Map of South Africa, 1847-1854 " 594

Plan of the Field of Action at Boomplaats " 600

Map of the Eastern Frontier of the Colony
of the Cape of Good Hope (Seat of the
Kafir War, 1850-1853) _To face p._ 620

Lady Smith " 658
(_From a drawing by Julian C. Brewer, 1854._)

Sir Harry’s Chapel (in St. Mary’s Church, Whittlesey) " 684
(_From a water-colour by Mrs. B. S. Ward._)

_On the Cover._

Arms granted to Sir Harry Smith in 1846.

They are thus described by Sir Bernard Burke:—

Arms—Argent, on a chevron between two martlets in chief gules,
and upon a mount vert in base, an elephant proper, a
fleur-de-lis between two lions rampant, of the first: from
the centre-chief, pendant by a riband, gules, fimbriated
azure, a representation of the Waterloo medal.

Crest—Upon an Eastern crown or, a lion rampant argent,
supporting a lance proper; therefrom flowing to the
sinister, a pennon gules, charged with two palm-branches, in
saltier, or.

The supporters are a soldier of the Rifle Brigade and a soldier
of the 52nd Regiment.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF

Lt.-Gen. Sir Harry Smith,

BARONET OF ALIWAL, G.C.B.

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