Randal Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester

Randal Hugh Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester (9 January 1898 – 15 January 1968) was an English peer and business man.

Randal Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester
Born
Randal Hugh Vivian Smith

(1898-01-09)9 January 1898
London
Died15 January 1968(1968-01-15) (aged 70)
OccupationBusinessman
Public official
Spouse(s)Dorothea Gwenllian James (1897–1974)
RelativesWalter James, 3rd Baron Northbourne (father-in-law)

Biography

Early life

Randal Hugh Vivian 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.

Career

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.

Personal life and death

On 29 November 1922, he married Hon. 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.

Ancestry

References

    Honorary titles
    Preceded by
    Henry Beaufoy
    High Sheriff of Oxfordshire
    1945
    Succeeded by
    Ellis Chinnery
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Vivian Hugh Smith
    Baron Bicester
    1956–1968
    Succeeded by
    Angus Edward Vivian Smith

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