Henry Hawley Smart was an English army officer and novelist, who wrote as Captain Hawley Smart.
Background
Smart was born in Dover, Kent on 3 June 1833. He was the son of Major George Smart and his wife Katherine, daughter of Sir Joseph Henry Hawley, 3rd Baronet (1813–1875), a wealthy racehorse owner, bibliophile and advocate of turf reform, and his wife Sarah (née Crosbie), who came from a landed Sussex family. Smart was married in 1883 to Alice Ellen, daughter of John Smart of Budleigh Salterton, Devon.
Career
Smart died at his residence there, Laburnum Cottage, West Hill, on 8 January 1893. Smart was privately educated and then commissioned in the British Army as an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots) in 1849, through the influence of the future Lord Raglan. He served through the Crimean War, being promoted to captain in 1855.
He sailed in 1857 for India, where he served during the Indian Mutiny.
In 1858 he switched to the 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment and was stationed in Canada. He left Quebec in 1864 and then sold out of the army.