William Herbert "Harry" Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden (2 April 1930 – 2 August 2012) was a British peer and descendant of the founders of the stationery group

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Life and family

Smith was the son of

William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden (25 July 1903 – 31 March 1948), was a British peer and descendant of the founders of stationery group W H Smith. Early life and career Lord Hambleden was the 2nd child and eldest son of Frederick S ...

, and Patricia ''née'' Herbert, a descendant of the

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and the Vorontsov family. He was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

. He succeeded the title of 4th

Viscount Hambleden 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 C ...

after the death of his father in 1948.Lundy, Darryl
"William Herbert Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden"
The Peerage, p. 2113, accessed 10 October 2012 Smith married Countess Maria Carmela Attolico di Adelfia in 1955. The couple had five sons: * William Henry (b. 1955) *Bernardo James (b. 1957) *Alexander David (b. 1959) *Nicolas Robin Bartolomeo (b. 1960) *Lorenzo Patrick Harold (b. 1962) After the couple's divorce in 1988, Smith married Lesley Watson and lived in America,Viscount Hambleden dies of cancer
, ''Henley Standard,'' 8 August 2012 while his first wife continued to live in the Manor House in

Hambleden Hambleden is a small village and civil parish in south-west Buckinghamshire, England. The village is around west of Marlow, and around north-east of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. The civil parish also includes the villages of Fingest and ...

, Buckinghamshire, England. He sold off most of the family estate in 2007. Smith died of cancer on 2 August 2012 at his home in

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, Nevada, at the age of 82. His funeral was held on 31 August 2012 at St. Mary the Virgin, Hambleden. Upon his death, his eldest son succeeded his title.Hambleden death announcement
''The Telegraph'', 8 August 2012

References

1930 births 2012 deaths People educated at Eton College Deaths from cancer in Nevada Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom {{UK-viscount-stub