• Source: William Smith (Royal Navy officer)
    • Rear Admiral William Smith (died 1756) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.


      Naval career


      Smith was promoted to post captain on 10 May 1716 on appointment to the command of the sixth-rate HMS Port Mahon. He transferred to the command of the fifth-rate HMS Gosport in August 1720, of the fourth-rate HMS Dartmouth in 1721 and of the fourth-rate HMS York in 1726.
      Smith served briefly as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1729 and was promoted to Rear Admiral on 21 July 1747 during his retirement.


      References




      Sources


      Cundall, Frank (1915). Historic Jamaica. West India Committee.

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