Robert Smart

Admiral Sir Robert Smart, KCB, KH (September 1796 – 10 September 1874) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet.

For the journalist and artist, see Robert Borlase Smart.

Sir Robert Smart
BornSeptember 1796
Died10 September 1874
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Howe
HMS Impregnable
HMS Collingwood
HMS Indefatigable
Channel Squadron
Mediterranean Fleet
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order
Grave of Admiral Robert Smart in Old Chiswick Cemetery

Smart joined the Royal Navy and was promoted to lieutenant in 1820.[1] Promoted to captain in 1837, he took command, successively, of HMS Howe, HMS Impregnable, HMS Collingwood and HMS Indefatigable.[1] He became captain superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard in 1854.[1]

Promoted to rear admiral in July 1857, he became Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron in 1861 and Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in April 1863.[1] He was promoted to vice admiral in December 1863 and was required to assess the damage caused by the volcanic disturbances in the neighbourhood of Santorini in Spring 1866[2] before handing over his command in April 1866.[1]

He was promoted to full admiral in 1869 and retired the following year.[1]

Family

Smart′s daughter, Isabella Dora Smart, married first J. H. Anderson; and after his death she re-married in August 1902 Henry Francis Wilson, CMG, Colonial Secretary to the Orange River Colony.[3]

See also
  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Smart, Robert" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References
  1. William Loney RN
  2. "Documents relating to the Recent Volcanic Disturbances in the Neighbourhood of Santorino". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 22 (1–2): 318–320. 1866. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1866.022.01-02.24. S2CID 132034226.
  3. "Marriages". The Times (36845). London. 13 August 1902. p. 1.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Stopford		 Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet
1861–1863		 Succeeded by
Sir Sydney Dacres
Preceded by
Sir William Martin		 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
1863–1866		 Succeeded by
Lord Clarence Paget
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