James Smart | |
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| Chief Constable of the City of Glasgow Police[a] | |
| In office 18 December 1848 – 27 May 1870 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell The Earl of Derby The Earl of Aberdeen Viscount Palmerston Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone |
| Home Secretary | Sir George Grey Spencer Horatio Walpole Viscount Palmerston T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt Sir George Cornewall Lewis The Earl of Cranbrook The Baron Aberdare |
| Preceded by | Henry Miller[b] |
| Succeeded by | Alexander McCall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 March 1804 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 27 May 1870 (aged 66) Glasgow, Scotland |
| Resting place | Southern Necropolis |
| Children | 5 |
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.
Smart served as superintendent of the Burgh of Calton from 1835 until its amalgamation into Glasgow in 1846 and as assistant superintendent of Glasgow's Eastern Division Glasgow from 1846 to 1848 in which he was praised for his handling of the Glasgow bread riots of 1848.
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