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Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet

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With his first wife, Ellen Marianne (d. 1814), daughter of Thomas Galway of Killery, County Kerry, he had two daughters, Ellen Maria and Mary Anne.
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On 20 November 1819 he married Isabella Curwen, youngest daughter of Eldred Curwen Pottinger of Mount Pottinger, County Down, and sister of
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that stated that slavery "shall be and is hereby utterly abolished and unlawful". On 1 August 1838, Governor Sir Lionel read the
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He left Jamaica in 1839, having run into difficulties with the passing of the
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During his governorship, the United Kingdom passed the
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British diplomat, colonial administrator and soldier
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Rivington. p. 463. 36:(9 October 1778 – 2 January 1842) was a 321:, History of Europe by Archibald Alison 184: 1297:Served as Acting Governor of Barbados. 147:from 16 July 1840 to 2 January 1842. 7: 556:78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 318:Prorogation of the Jamaica Assembly 121:from 1832 to 1834 and later of the 91:on 19 July 1838 for his service as 56:, a wealthy merchant and enslaver. 14: 1335:Governors of the Windward Islands 67:against the Bani Bu Ali tribe in 362:Baronetage of the United Kingdom 351:Dictionary of National Biography 330: 282:Dictionary of National Biography 239:Dictionary of National Biography 448:Sir Evan John Murray MacGregor 1: 276:"Duckett, George Floyd"  140:is named after the Governor. 25:Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet 1350:Governors of British Tobago 192:John Bernard Burke (1845). 117:He was made Colonel of the 1371: 198:. H. 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General
GCB
GCH
British
Charlotte Smith
Richard Smith
Bombay Army
punitive campaign
Oman
Governor of Tobago
Governor of Barbados
Viceroy
Windward Islands
baronetcy
Governor of Jamaica
Abolition Act
Proclamation of Freedom
emancipation
Spanish Town
96th Regiment of Foot
40th Regiment of Foot
Prisons Act
Assembly
Clarendon
Governor of Mauritius
Sir Henry Pottinger
Lionel Eldred
George Floyd Duckett
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