Background
Her father was Oswald Smith (7 July 1794 – 18 June 1863),of Blendon Hall, Bexley, Kent (Bexley being annexed to London only in 1894) and her mother was Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (c 1805–1891).
Her father was Oswald Smith (7 July 1794 – 18 June 1863),of Blendon Hall, Bexley, Kent (Bexley being annexed to London only in 1894) and her mother was Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (c 1805–1891).
She was the paternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and thus a great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth World War II Frances then assumed the title and style of Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Together the couple had 11 children. She died at 19 Hans Place, Chelsea, London on 5 February 1922, aged 89.
She was buried at Glamis Castle, Angus, the family seat of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne.