NASMYTH

Charles (eld. son of Robert Nasmyth, F.R.C.S Edinb.) b. Edinburgh Sept. 1825; ed. at Add is com be 1843–5; 2 lieut. Bombay artillery 12 Dec. 1845, 1 lieut. 4 Feb. 1850; Times correspondent in Omar Pasha’s camp at Shumla; reached Silistria 28 March 1854, before it was invested by the Ru ians, Nasmyth and captain J. A. Butler conducted the defence for the Turks, and continually headed sorties against the besiegers, the Ru ians compelled to raise the siege 22 June 1854; freedom of city of Edinburgh conferred on him 2 March 1855; appointed captain unattached and brevet major in British army 15 Sept. 1854 for his services at Silistria; present at battle of the Alma and siege of Sevastapol; a istant adjutant general of Kilkenny district 1855; brigade major at the Curragh camp 1856–7; brigade major of second infantry brigade, Dublin 1857–8; brigade major at Sydney, N.S.W. 1858–9; major of 4 foot 25 May 1860, but sold out same day. d. Pau, France 2 June 1861. I.L.N. xxxix 36 (1861) portrait .