title: R. A. H. Bickford-Smith
text: # R. A. H. Bickford-Smith
  
  Roandeau Albert Henry Bickford-Smith (3 May 1859 – 1916) was an English barrister and antiquary, the author of Greece under King George (1893), once a standard work on 19th century Greek history.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Roandeau Albert Henry Bickford-Smith was born in Trevarno on 3 May 1859, the son of William Bickford-Smith (1827–99), member of Parliament for Truro, Cornwall. He graduated in law from Trinity College, Cambridge University, in 1883, and received his Masters of Arts degree in 1886.
  
  ## Career
  
  Bickford-Smith became a member of the Inner Temple in 1882 and was called to the bar in 1886.
  
  His 1893 book, Greece under King George was translated into Greek in 1993.
  
  He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
  
  ## Family
  
  In 1891, Bickford-Smith married Caroline Louise Marianne Skinner (1873–1936). They had three children, John Allan, William Nugent Venning and Aubrey Luis.
  
  ## Death
  
  Bickford-Smith died in 1916.
  
  ## Selected publications
  
  * Greece under King George. R. Bentley, London, 1893.
  