Charles Valentine Smith (1854–1932)

Naval officer. Midshipman, 1868; sublieutenant, 1873; lieutenant, 1877. Served on the surveying vessels HMS Fawn and HMS Sparrowhawk. Author of surveying works for the Hydrographic Department.

Sources

BLC

BMD (Birth index)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 10 April 2017)

letter from C. H. Smith, [1879]

Navy list

Volume

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