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| William Richard Edwin Smart, M.D. R.N. | Explanation |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 1800 | | Born |
| 5 January 1860 | | Married Emily Dobson Adams at St John, Brixton SW, Surrey |
| 2 November 1876 | | Hon. Physician to Queen Victoria |
| 2 June 1877 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
| 2 December 1887 | | Died (the Firs, Harlesden) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 11 February 1841 | Assistant Surgeon |
| 18 November 1850 | Surgeon |
| 17 September 1858 | Deputy Inspector-general of Hospitals and Fleets |
| 12 April 1869 | Inspector-general of Hospitals and Fleets |
| 3 December 1877 | Retired Inspector-general of Hospitals and Fleets |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 4 July 1849 | 13 November 1850 | Assistant Surgeon in Queen, commanded by Charles Wise, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Mediterranean |
| 13 May 1851 | 20 October 1853 | Surgeon in Spitfire, commanded by Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, Mediterranean |
| 20 October 1853 | 18 February 1857 | Surgeon in Diamond, commanded by William Peel, Mediterranean (and Black Sea during the Russian War) |
| 20 March 1857 | 1 April 1858 | Staff Surgeon in Minden |
| 30 January 1858 | | DIGHF in Melville |
| 1 April 1858 | | Staff Surgeon in Melville |
| 18 April 1873 | 13 November 1877 | Medical Officer-in-Charge, Haslar Naval Hospital |