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Randal Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester

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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)
EducationEton
Alma materRoyal Military College, Sandhurst
Occupation(s)Businessman
Public official
SpouseDorothea Gwenllian James (1897–1974)
FatherVivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester
RelativesWalter James, 3rd Baron Northbourne (father-in-law)

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.

Biography

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Early life

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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

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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

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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.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Obituary: Lord Bicester". The Times. No. 57151. London. 17 January 1968. p. 12.
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Honorary titles
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