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<p>robot: Create/upgrade articles. If there is a mistake please report on my <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Bot" title="User talk:Bot">talk page</a>.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{For|other people named Joseph Smith|Joseph Smith (disambiguation)}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}<br /> Brigadier General &#039;&#039;&#039;Joseph Smith&#039;&#039;&#039; (1732/3–1790) was an officer of the British [[East India Company]]&#039;s army in the mid-18th Century who served in the [[Carnatic Wars]], the [[Anglo-Mysore Wars]] and other conflicts in [[South India]]. He served with distinction and rose to the position of [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Madras Army]] on three occasions (1767-1770, 1770–1772, and 1773–1775).<br /> <br /> Smith&#039;s father of the same name was an officer of engineers in the EIC forces and Smith followed him into Company service, joining the Madras forces in 1749 and quickly gaining independent commands and rising through the ranks.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite ODNB|id=25872|last=Bryant|first=G. J.|title=Smith, Joseph (1732/3–1790)}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Joseph}}<br /> [[Category:1732 births]]<br /> [[Category:1790 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:British East India Company Army generals]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{UK-mil-bio-stub}}</div>

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