Introductory material
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On the Cover.
Arms granted to Sir Harry Smith in 1846.
They are thus described by Sir Bernard Burke:—
Arms—Argent, on a chevron between two martlets in chief gules, and upon a mount vert in base, an elephant proper, a fleur-de-lis between two lions rampant, of the first: from the centre-chief, pendant by a riband, gules, fimbriated azure, a representation of the Waterloo medal.
Crest—Upon an Eastern crown or, a lion rampant argent, supporting a lance proper; therefrom flowing to the sinister, a pennon gules, charged with two palm-branches, in saltier, or.
The supporters are a soldier of the Rifle Brigade and a soldier of the 52nd Regiment.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
Lt.-Gen. Sir Harry Smith,
BARONET OF ALIWAL, G.C.B.