Charles Valentine Smith
1854–1932
Naval officer. Midshipman, 1868; sublieutenant, 1873; lieutenant, 1877. Served on the surveying vessels HMS Fawn and HMS Sparrowhawk. Author of surveying works for the Hydrographic Department.
Sources
BLC
BMD (Birth index)
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 10 April 2017)
letter from C. H. Smith, [1879]
Navy list
Bibliography
BLC: The British Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975. 360 vols. and supplement (6 vols.). London: Clive Bingley; K. G. Saur. 1979–88.
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
Navy list: The navy list. London: John Murray; Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. 1815–1900.
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