Religion Christianity Name Anne Liddell-Grainger | Children Ian Liddell-Grainger | |
Full Name Anne Mary Sibylla Abel Smith Born 28 July 1932 (age 91) ( 1932-07-28 ) Kensington Palace, London Spouse(s) David Liddell-Grainger
(m. 1957; div. 1981) Role Ian Liddell-Grainger's mother Parents Lady May Abel Smith, Henry Abel Smith Grandparents Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone Great-grandparents Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany Similar People Lady May Abel Smith, Ian Liddell‑Grainger, Alexander Cambridge - 1st Earl of, Princess Alice - Countess | ||
Anne Mary Sibylla Liddell-Grainger (née Abel Smith; born 28 July 1932) is the mother of British politician Ian Liddell-Grainger. Her maternal grandparents were Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.
She was born in Kensington Palace, the daughter of Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith and Lady May Abel Smith (formerly Princess May of Teck). She married David Liddell-Grainger, a Scottish politician, on 14 December 1957. They divorced in 1981.
They had five children:
Anne later became a devout Christian, and served as a missionary in Africa. She settled in Kennington, south London, where she is engaged in Christian charity work.
Mrs Liddell-Grainger is in the line of succession to the British Throne as a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.