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Francis Smith | |
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![]() Francis Smith in 1763. Painted by Francis Cotes | |
Born | 1723 |
Died | 1791 (aged 67–68) |
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Rank | Major General |
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Major General Francis Smith (1723–1791) was a British Army officer. 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.