| 词条 | William Bickford-Smith |
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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. BiographySmith was the son of George Smith of Truro and his wife Elizabeth Hurral Bickford. He was educated at Saltash and Plymouth. His grandfather William Bickford had developed a method of making mining fuses using rope which was safer than previous methods and with Smith's father had established a factory at Tuckingmill, Cornwall.[1] Smith became a partner in his father's firm of Bickford, Smith, & Co. and lived near the factory at Camborne. There was another factory at St. Helen's Junction, Lancashire, and Smith was also chairman of Helston Railway. He was also captain in the 15th Cornwall Rifle Volunteers and 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] 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 Methodists.[4] He died at the age of 71, in 1899. His son was the barrister and antiquary Roandeau Albert Henry Bickford-Smith. Twin sons were born on 24 December 1881 at Trevarno.[5] References1. ^1 Tripod - Trevano Gardens 2. ^[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1886londuoft Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886] 3. ^Portleven Council News 4. ^Whats On - South West 5. ^{{cite news |title=Births, Marriages, Deaths |work=The Cornishman |issue=181 |date=29 December 1881 |page=5}} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Truro | years = 1885 – 1892 | before = Sir James McGarel-Hogg, Bt. Edward Brydges Willyams | after = John Charles Williams }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bickford Smith, William}} 11 : 1827 births|1899 deaths|Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall|UK MPs 1885–86|UK MPs 1886–92|English Methodists|People from Truro|People from Helston|Bickford-Smith family|Liberal Unionist Party MPs for English constituencies |
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