Francis Smith
Military Person
1723 – 1791
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Who was Francis Smith?
Francis Smith was a British army officer who rose to the rank of Major General. Although Smith had a lengthy and varied career, he is best known as the British commander during most of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts on 19 April 1775. The fighting ignited the American War of Independence that would see Thirteen of Britain's American Colonies become a separate nation.
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- Born
- 1723
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Died
- 1791
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on July 23, 2013
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