Sir Charles Bracewell-Smith, 4th Baronet was born in October 1955 and educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

. He is the founder of the Homestead Charitable Trust and author of "The Song of the Saints". He is a grandson of

Bracewell Smith Sir Bracewell Smith, 1st Baronet, KCVO (29 June 1884 – 12 January 1966) was a British businessman, Conservative Party politician and the 619th Lord Mayor of London. Biography Born in Keighley, Yorkshire, he attended Wesley Place Primary Scho ...

and son of George Bracewell Smith. He succeeded to the baronetcy after the death of his brother Guy Bracewell Smith in 1983 at the age of 30. Bracewell-Smith married Carol Hough in 1977; Hough died in July 1994. He subsequently remarried, in 1996, to Nina Kakkar. He has no children. Bracewell-Smith, along with cousins Richard Carr and

Clive Carr Clive Carr is a former vice-president of Arsenal Football Club and a former hotelier. He is the grandson of former Arsenal Chairman Sir Bracewell Smith, alongside his brother Richard, through their late mother Eileen. His father Harry Lascelles ...

, inherited major shareholdings in

Arsenal Football Club Arsenal Football Club, commonly referred to as Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, London, England. Arsenal plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club has won 13 league titles (inclu ...

from their grandfather Sir Bracewell Smith; Sir Charles transferred his shares to his wife who is now a non-executive director of the club. Sir Charles and his wife were ranked 834th equal in the

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with an estimated family fortune of £80m.Search the Sunday Times Rich List 2007
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