William Sidney Smith ( 1764 - 1840 )

Birth: Westminster, England (21 June 1764) Death: Paris, France (26 May 1840) Burial: Cemetery of Pere-Lachaise, Paris, France Career: Entered the Royal Navy (1777); Lieutenant, for bravery at Cape St Vincent, (1780); Captain (1782); taken prisoner by the French (1796) but escaped (1798); commanded the "Tigre" in the Levant and held the town of St Jean d'Acre against Napoleon (1799); destroyed the Turkish fleet of Abydos (1807); Vice Admiral of the Blue (1810); Admiral (1821); lived last years in Paris Honours: Kt 1792; KCB 1815; GCB 1838 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 13/06/1811.