Randal Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester

Randal Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester
Randal Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester
Born	Randal Hugh Vivian Smith; 9 January 1898; London
Died	15 January 1968 (aged 70)
Education	Eton
Alma mater	Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Occupation(s)	Businessman; Public official
Spouse	Dorothea Gwenllian James (1897–1974)
Parent	Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester (father);
Relatives	Walter James, 3rd Baron Northbourne (father-in-law)

Randal Hugh Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester (9 January 1898 – 15 January 1968) was an English peer and merchant banker in the City of London.

Biography

Smith was born on 9 January 1898 in London. He was the eldest son of the banker Vivian Smith (later created first Baron Bicester) and his wife Lady Sybil Mary McDonnell, a daughter of William McDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim, and a nephew of Admiral Sir Aubrey Smith. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]

He served with the 17th Lancers, rising to the rank of Lieutenant.

During his business years, he served as a director of Morgan, Grenfell & Co., Shell Transport and Trading, Vickers and the Bank of England. He was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1945 and succeeded to his father's title of Baron Bicester in 1956.[1]

On 29 November 1922, he married Dorothea Gwenllian James, a daughter of Walter James, 3rd Baron Northbourne. They had two daughters.

He was killed in 1968, aged 70, in a motor accident. Without male issue, his title passed to his nephew, Angus Smith.

Ancestors of Randal Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester

16. John Smith (1767–1842)

8. John Abel Smith (1802–1871)

17. Elizabeth Tucker (1773–1809)

4. Hugh Colin Smith (1836–1910)

18. Sir Samuel Clarke-Jervoise, 1st Bt (1770–1852)

9. Anne Jervoise (died 1858)

19. Elizabeth Griffenhoofe

20. Robert Adeane

10. Henry John Adeane (1789–1847)

21. Annabella Blake

5. Constance Adeane (died 1918)

11. Matilda Stanley (died 1850)

23. Maria Holroyd (c. 1771 – 1863)

1. Randal Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester

24. Lord Mark Kerr (1776–1840)

26. Maj. Turner Macan

13. Jane Macan (c. 1825 – 1892)

27. Harriet Sneyd

3. Lady Sybil McDonnell (1876–1859)

14. Lt.Gen. Charles Grey (1804–1870)

7. Lady Louisa Grey (1855–1949)

30. Sir Thomas Farquhar, 2nd Bt (1775–1836)

15. Caroline Farquhar (1814–1890)

31. Sybella Rockcliffe (died 1869)

"Obituary: Lord Bicester". The Times. No. 57151. London. 17 January 1968. p. 12.

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