The Right Honourable The Viscount Hambleden | |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden |
| Born | William Henry Smith 18 November 1955 London, England |
| Spouse(s) |
Sara Anlauf
(m. 1983; sep. 2003) |
| Issue |
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| Parents | William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden Countess Maria Carmela Attolico di Adelfia |
William Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden (born 18 November 1955) is a British peer, and descendant of the founders of the stationery group WH Smith.
Marriage and family
Smith is the son of William Smith and Countess Maria Carmela Attolico di Adelfia. Through his paternal grandmother, he is a descendant of the Earls of Pembroke and the Vorontsov family.[1] He succeeded to the title of Viscount Hambleden in 2012 upon the death of his father.[2]
Smith married American Sara Suzanne Anlauf in 1983 and had two daughters, Sara Marie Celeste (b. 1986) and Alexandra Patricia (b. 1989). He was a film producer and restaurateur. He separated from his wife in 2003 and returned to Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, England.[2]
He is in a relationship with singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA, a German princess and countess by marriage to Heinrich Reuss who died in 1999. Smith lives with Lyngstad in Switzerland.[3]
References
- ↑ Woronzow, HumphrysFamilyTree, accessed 4 April 2012. Catherine Vorontsov's father, Count Semyon Vorontsov, the Russian ambassador to Britain, brought the family to London in 1785.
- 1 2 Lundy, Darryl. "Hon. William Henry Smith", The Peerage, p. 2712, accessed 10 October 2012
- ↑ Eden, Richard. "Abba singer’s lover becomes a viscount". The Telegraph, 12 August 2012
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