Background
Smith was the son of William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden, and his wife, Patricia née Herbert, a descendant of the Earls of Pembroke and the Vorontsov family.
Smith was the son of William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden, and his wife, Patricia née Herbert, a descendant of the Earls of Pembroke and the Vorontsov family.
He was educated at Eton College.
He succeeded to the title of 4th Viscount Hambleden upon the death of his father in 1948. William Henry (b 1955)
Bernardo James (b 1957)
Alexander David (b 1959)
Nicolas Robin Bartolomeo (b 1960)
Lorenzo Patrick Harold (b 1962)
He sold off most of the family estate in 2007. Smith died of cancer on 2 August 2012 at his home in Reno, Nevada, at the age of 82.
His funeral was held on 31 August 2012 at Saint Mary the Virgin, Hambleden.