James Smart (police officer)

James Smart
Chief Constable of the City of Glasgow Police[a]
In office
18 December 1848 – 27 May 1870
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterLord John Russell
The Earl of Derby
The Earl of Aberdeen
Viscount Palmerston
Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
Home SecretarySir George Grey
Spencer Horatio Walpole
Viscount Palmerston
T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt
Sir George Cornewall Lewis
The Earl of Cranbrook
The Baron Aberdare
Preceded byHenry Miller[b]
Succeeded byAlexander McCall
Personal details
Born(1804-03-22)22 March 1804
Glasgow, Scotland
Died27 May 1870(1870-05-27) (aged 66)
Glasgow, Scotland
Resting placeSouthern Necropolis
Children5

James Smart (22 March 1804 – 27 May 1870) was a British police officer who served as head of the City of Glasgow Police from 1848 until his death in 1870, first as chief superintendent before being designated as Glasgow's first chief constable in 1862. He had previously served as superintendent of the Burgh of Calton before its amalgamation into Glasgow.
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