Introduction

Biography

Horace was the son of Ro­bert Smith of West­bourne Ter­race, Hyde Park, Lon­don.

He was edu­cat­ed at King’s Col­lege, Lon­don, and Tri­ni­ty Hall, Cam­bridge (BA in hon­ors, 1860).

Called to the bar in 1862, he held sev­er­al im­port­ant posts, and be­came a Me­tro­po­li­tan Po­lice Ma­gis­trate in 1888.

He pub­lished sev­er­al vol­umes on le­gal sub­jects. His oth­er works in­clude:

• Pilate’s Wife’s Dream, 1860
• Po­ems, 1889
• Interludes, 1892, 1894 & 1899
• Po­ems, 1897
• Hymns and Psalms, 1903