Admiral Sir Henry Smith KCB (1803 – 18 January 1887) was a British officer in the Royal Navy. He commanded the Aden Expedition in 1839 which took Aden as the first colonial acquisition of the reign of Queen Victoria. For this service he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1840. Smith played an important role in a number of battles at the beginning of the First Opium War, commanding at the battles of Kowloon, Chuenpi and the Barrier. He also participated in later battles that saw Canton and Amoy taken by the British. He went on to command ships in the Mediterranean and then in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War. Smith never served at sea again after obtaining flag rank in 1855 but became superintendent of the Royal Hospital Haslar and the Royal Clarence Yard. He was app