William Bickford-Smith
William Bickford-Smith (1827 – 24 February 1899) was an English fuse manufacturer and a Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892.
Biography
Smith was the son of
J.P. for Cornwall. In 1868, he took the additional surname of Bickford, when he inherited the property of his maternal grandfather.[2] Bickford-Smith purchased the Trevarno Estate, at Helston, Cornwall in 1874 and set about developing the gardens.[1]
In 1882 he funded the construction of the Bickford-Smith Institute and clock tower at Porthleven which was built as a scientific and literary institute including a lending and reference library.[3]
Bickford-Smith was elected at the 1885 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro. In 1886 he was re-elected as a Liberal Unionist and held the seat until he stood down at the 1892 general election.
Bickford-Smith married Margaret Leaman Venning in 1852. After her death he married Anna Matilda Bond. They were staunch
Roandeau Albert Henry Bickford-Smith. Twin sons were born on 24 December 1881 at Trevarno.[5]
References
- ^ a b Tripod - Trevano Gardens
- ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
- ^ Portleven Council News
- ^ Whats On - South West
- ^ "Births, Marriages, Deaths". The Cornishman. No. 181. 29 December 1881. p. 5.
