The Lord Bicester | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 29 June 1938 – 17 February 1956 | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Baron Bicester |
| Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire | |
| In office 1934–1956 | |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Marlborough |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Macclesfield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vivian Hugh Smith 9 December 1867 |
| Died | 17 February 1956 (aged 88) |
| Spouse |
Lady Sybil Mary McDonnell
(m. 1897) |
| Children | Randal Hugh Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester Victoria Alexandrina Vivian Smith Mary Constance Vivian Smith Stephen Edward Vivian Smith Joyce Sybil Vivian Smith Honor Mildred Vivian Smith Hugh Adeane Vivian Smith |
| Parent(s) | Hugh Colin Smith Constance Maria Josepha (Adeane) Smith |
| Relatives | John Abel Smith (grandfather) Henry John Adeane (grandfather) |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Banker |
Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester (9 December 1867 – 17 February 1956), was a British merchant banker.
Early life[edit]
Vivian Hugh Smith was born on 9 December 1867. He was the elder son of Hugh Colin Smith (son of John Abel Smith and Governor of the Bank of England from 1897 to 1899) and Constance Maria Josepha (née Adeane). He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] His brother Aubrey followed the different path of joining the Royal Navy at the age of eleven and later rose to be an admiral.
Career[edit]
Smith served as the Chairman of Yule Catto & Company Ltd (present-day Synthomer), Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation from 1914 to 1956, and a Director of Morgan Grenfell & Co. Between 1934 and 1956, he also held the honorary position of Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. On 29 June 1938, Smith was raised to the peerage as Baron Bicester, of Tusmore in the County of Oxford.[2]
Personal life[edit]
In 1897, Smith was married to Lady Sybil Mary McDonnell, daughter of William McDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim, and the former Louisa Jane Grey (a granddaughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey). Together, they were the parents of seven children:[3]
- Randal Hugh Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester (1898–1968), who married Dorothea Gwenllian James, eldest daughter of Walter James, 3rd Baron Northbourne.[3]
- Victoria Alexandrina Vivian Smith (1899–1969), who died unmarried.[3]
- Mary Constance Vivian Smith (1901–1981), who married Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell.[3]
- Lt.-Col. Stephen Edward Vivian Smith (1903–1952), who married Eleanor Anderson Hewitt, a daughter of Edward Shepard Hewitt of New York City, in 1929.[4][5] They divorced in 1947 and he married Mabel Lovering, eldest daughter of Albert William Rogers Lovering, in 1948.[3]
- Joyce Sybil Vivian Smith (1905–1983), who married Maj.-Gen. Gerald Lloyd-Verney, eldest son of Sir Harry Lloyd-Verney.[3]
- Honor Mildred Vivian Smith (1908–1995), a neurologist.[3]
- Maj. Hugh Adeane Vivian Smith (1910–1978), who married Lady Helen Dorothy Primrose, the daughter of Albert Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery.[3]
Lord Bicester died in February 1956, at the age of eighty-eight, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Randal. His wife died in 1959.[3]
Descendants[edit]
Through his second son Stephen, he was a grandfather of Angus Edward Vivian Smith (1932–2014) and Hugh Charles Vivian Smith (1934–2016), the 3rd and 4th Barons Bicester.[3]
Ancestry[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Smith, Vivian Hugh (SMT887VH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 34528". The London Gazette. 5 July 1938. p. 4327.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Bicester, Baron (UK, 1938)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "ELENOR A. HEWITT ENGAGED TO MARRY; Betrothal to Stephen V. Smith, Son of Vivian and Lady Sybil Smith, Announced. BRIDE-TO-BE NOW IN LONDON Was Introduced to Society Two Winters Ago--A Graduate of the Brearley School. Sickles--Lehman". The New York Times. 27 February 1929. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "ELENOR HEWITT WED TO STEPHEN SMITH; Revs. Dr. Reiland and Geer Officiate at International Marriage in St. George's Church.ELABORATE FLORAL DISPLAY Vested Choir Sings--Lord Charles Cavendish of London an Usher--Reception at Hewitt Home". The New York Times. 16 May 1929. Retrieved 4 June 2020.