R. Smith

b. Stamford, Lincolnshire.

App. G.W. Railway. Works, Wolverhampton, and stayed there some years;

1883—joined Rudge Co. as. Works Manager; founded the Eadie Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 1892, with Mr. Eadie as his colleague; later the Enfield Cycle Co., Ltd., was formed, with Eadie and Smith in control; and other Cos. When the Eadie Manufacturing Co. was amalgamated with the B.S.A. Co., became a B.S.A. Director; resigned after two years, and became Man. Dir. of the Enfield Cycle Co., Ltd.