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Viscount Hambleden

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Viscount Hambleden, of Hambleden in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1891 (as Viscountess Hambleden) for Emily Danvers Smith, in honour of her deceased husband, the businessman and Conservative politician William Henry Smith. Both their son, the second Viscount,{{ sfn | Hesilrige | 1921 | page=435}} and grandson, the third Viscount, were involved in the management of the family business, the stationer and retailer W H Smith.

The title was created for Emily Smith and to the heirs male of her body.{{London Gazette |issue=26221 |date=10 November 1891 |page=5847 }}

{{As of|2017}} the title is held by the 3rd Viscount's grandson, the 5th Viscount, who succeeded in 2012. Much of the family estates was sold in 2007,Eden, Richard. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9469403/Abba-singers-lover-becomes-a-viscount.html "Abba singer’s lover becomes a viscount"]. The Telegraph, 12 August 2012 but the first wife of the late 4th Viscount, Maria Carmela Attolico di Adelfia, still lives in the Manor House at Hambleden, as of 2012.[http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=1150638 "Viscount Hambleden dies in US, aged 82"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821061700/http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=1150638 |date=2014-08-21 }}, Henley Standard, 13 August 2012

Viscounts Hambleden (1891)

File:Blazon of Smith (Viscount Hambleden, 1891).svg

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Hon. Bernardo James Smith (b. 1957).

Line of succession (selected)

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  • 15px William Frederick Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868–1928)
  • 15px William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden (1903–1948)
  • 15px William Herbert Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden (1930–2012)
  • 15px William Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden (b. 1955)
  • (1) Hon. Bernardo James Smith (b. 1957)
  • (2) Hon. Alexander David Smith (b. 1959)
  • (3) Hon. Nicolas Robin Bartolomeo Smith (b. 1960)
  • (4) Taro Smith (b. 1993){{CN|date=December 2024}}
  • (5) Kenji Smith (b. 1996){{CN|date=December 2024}}
  • (6) Hon. Lorenzo Patrick Harold Smith (b. 1962)
  • Hon. Richard Edward Smith (1937–2014)
  • (7) Christopher Richard Smith (b. 1975)
  • (8) Major Hon. Philip Reginald Smith (b. 1945)
  • (9) Thomas William Smith (b. 1976)
  • (10) James Edmund Philip Smith (b. 1983)
  • Lt.-Col. Hon. David John Smith (1907–1976)
  • Julian David Smith (1932–2015)
  • (11) Dickon Julian Henry Smith (b. 1972)
  • Antony Frederick Smith (1937-2021)
  • (12) James Antony David Smith (b. 1962)
  • (13) Philip Henry Smith (b. 1964)
  • (14) Peter Henry Smith (b. 1939)
  • (15) Charles Henry Smith (b. 1968)
  • (16) David Michael Smith (b. 1947)
  • (17) Jack Robert Smith (b. 1977)

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See also

References

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=Sources=

  • {{cite book | last=Hesilrige | first=Arthur G. M. | date=1921| title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy | url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/435 | location=160A, Fleet street, London, UK | publisher=Dean & Son | page=435 }}
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.{{page needed|date=November 2021}}
  • {{Rayment|date=February 2012}}

External links

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.moretonhampstead.org.uk/texts/people/hambledn.ghtml|website=moretonhampstead.org.uk|title=Lord Hambleden and Moretonhampstead}}
  • {{Hansard-contribs | mr-william-smith-3 | William Herbert Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden }}

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Category:Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Category:Noble titles created in 1891