Honorific-Prefix: | Captain | ||||||||||||||
Roy Campbell Smith | |||||||||||||||
Order: | 21st | ||||||||||||||
Office: | Naval Governor of Guam | ||||||||||||||
Term Start: | May 30, 1916 | ||||||||||||||
Term End: | November 18, 1918 | ||||||||||||||
Predecessor: | Edward Simpson (Acting) | ||||||||||||||
Successor: | William Gilmer | ||||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 16 July 1858 | ||||||||||||||
Birth Place: | Fort Mason, Texas | ||||||||||||||
Death Place: | Somerville, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
Alma Mater: | United States Naval Academy | ||||||||||||||
Occupation: | Naval officer, Governor of Guam | ||||||||||||||
Spouse: | Margaret Aldrich Smith | ||||||||||||||
Children: | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Relatives: | William T. Sampson (father-in-law) | ||||||||||||||
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Roy Campbell Smith (1858 – April 11, 1940) was an American naval officer and the Governor of Guam from 1916 to 1918.
On July 16, 1858, Smith was born in Fort Mason, Texas. Smith's father was Charles Henry Smith, an assistant surgeon general of the United States and later of the Confederate States of America. Smith's mother was Maria McGregor Campbell Smith.
In 1878, Smith graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
Smith was the commanding officer of the from 17 September 1912 to 13 October 1914.[1] [2]
In 1916, Smith became the Naval Governor of Guam, until 1918.[3] [4]
Smith retired as a U.S. Navy Captain.
On October 11, 1887, in Annapolis, Maryland, Smith married Margaret Aldrich Sampson, daughter of Rear admiral William Thomas Sampson. They had three children, Roy, Marjorie, and William.[6]
Smith's daughter Marjorie Sampson Smith became a sponsor of USS Sampson (DD-63) on March 4, 1916. It was named for Rear admiral William Thomas Sampson, Smith's father-in-law.[7] In 1918, Smith's daughter Marjorie Sampson Smith married Spotswood Dandridge Bowers, a lawyer.[8]
On May 21, 1929, Smith's wife Margaret Smith died in Newport, Rhode Island. She is interred at Lakewood Cemetery in Cooperstown, New York.[6]
On April 10, 1940, Smith died in Summerville, South Carolina.[6]