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Randal Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester
English peer and banker (1898–1968)
Randal Hugh Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester (9 January 1898 – 15 January 1968), was an English hereditary peer and merchant banker in the City of London.
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Randal Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester | |
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| Born | Randal Hugh Vivian Smith (1898-01-09)9 January 1898 London |
| Died | 15 January 1968(1968-01-15) (aged 70) |
| Education | Eton |
| Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman Public official |
| Spouse | Dorothea Gwenllian James (1897–1974) |
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| Relatives | Walter James, 3rd Baron Northbourne (father-in-law) |
Early life
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]
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.[1]
Personal life and death
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.
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| Preceded by Henry Beaufoy |
High Sheriff of Oxfordshire 1945 |
Succeeded by Ellis Chinnery |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by | Baron Bicester 1956–1968 |
Succeeded by Angus Smith |