Henry Smith (attorney)
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Henry Smith was a Bristol
attorney-at-law and amateur artist who was forced to flee the country in 1809 after a duel in which he killed his opponent. His travels around Scotland and later Spain and Portugal during the Peninsula War (where he served in the army under Wellington) were recorded in a diary (1809–1810) which is today kept at the University of Kansas. He subsequently returned to the United Kingdom for trial, but was discharged without trial.
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Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
attorney-at-law and amateur artist who was forced to flee the country in 1809 after a duel in which he killed his opponent. His travels around Scotland and later Spain and Portugal during the Peninsula War (where he served in the army under Wellington) were recorded in a diary (1809–1810) which is today kept at the University of Kansas. He subsequently returned to the United Kingdom for trial, but was discharged without trial.
Early life
Henry was born on 28 December 1774 at Queens Square Bristol, the son of Richard Smith, surgeon and Augusta, the daughter of Rev. Alexander Stopford Catcott and sister of Rev Alexander CatcottAlexander Catcott
The Reverend Alexander Catcott was an English geologist and theologian born in Bristol, who became the vicar of Temple Church, Bristol and the author of numerous works on science and theology....
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