Facts: - battles: siege of bharatpur battle of aliwal - death date: 14 may 1873 - commands: 6th dragoon guards - awards: knight commander of the order of the bath - serviceyears: 1821 -- 1873 - birth date: 1806 - name: sir john rowland smyth - branch: british army - unit: 16th regiment of foot 6th dragoon guards the queen 's lancers 32nd -lrb- cornwall -rrb- - rank: colonel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john rowland smyth .
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colonel sir john rowland smyth kcb -lrb- 1806 -- 14 may 1873 -rrb- was a british army officer .born to grice smyth and his wife mary , smyth was commissioned as a cornet into the on 5 july 1821 .promoted to lieutenant on 26 may 1825 , he fought at the capture of bharatpur a year later .he was made a captain on 22 april 1826 , and transferred to the 32nd -lrb- cornwall -rrb- regiment of foot .after 10 years with the 32nd he moved to the 6th dragoon guards , before being given a year-long leave of absence in 1830 to serve a prison sentence .smyth had fought one of the last duels in the united kingdom , and both he and his second were imprisoned for manslaughter .promoted to major on 17 august 1841 , he returned to the 16th lancers on 6 may 1842 and served with it during the gwalior campaign and first anglo-sikh war .at the battle of aliwal , smyth led the 16th lancers to rout the sikh cavalry and break a square of infantry ; he was mentioned in dispatches and made a brevet lieutenant-colonel .after a series of promotions and successes he was made a knight commander of the order of the bath on 13 march 1867 , promoted to lieutenant-general on 1 april 1870 , and became colonel of the 6th dragoon guards on 21 january 1868 .he was married to fanny abbott , daughter of lord tenterden , who survived him following his death on 14 may 1873 .