Died 17 February 1956 Occupation Banker | Name Vivian 1st | |
Education Eton CollegeTrinity College, Cambridge Spouse(s) Lady Sybil Mary McDonnell Children Randal Smith, 2nd Baron BicesterVictoria Alexandrina Vivian SmithMary Constance Vivian SmithStephen Edward Vivian SmithJoyce Sybil Vivian SmithHonor Mildred Vivian SmithHugh Adeane Vivian Smith Parent(s) Hugh Colin SmithConstance Maria Josepha (Adeane) Smith | ||
Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester (9 December 1867 – 17 February 1956) was a British merchant banker.
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Biography
Vivian Hugh Smith was born on 9 December 1867. He was the elder son of Hugh Colin Smith and Constance Maria Josepha (née Adeane), and grandson of John Abel Smith. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. His brother Aubrey followed the different path of joining the Royal Navy at the age of eleven and later rose to be an admiral.
Career
Smith served as the Chairman of Yule Catto & Company Ltd, Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation from 1914 to 1956, and a Director of Morgan Grenfell & Co. Between 1934 and 1956, he also held the honorary position of Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. On 29 June 1938 Smith was raised to the peerage as Baron Bicester, of Tusmore in the County of Oxford.
Personal life
He married Lady Sybil Mary McDonnell, daughter of William Randal McDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim, in 1897. They had seven children:
Death
He died in February 1956, at the age of eighty-eight, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Randall. His wife died in 1959.