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William Herbert "Harry" Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden (2 April 1930 – 2 August 2012), was a British peer and descendant of the founders of the stationery group W H Smith. ==Life and 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.〔(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.〕 He was educated at Eton College. He succeeded to the title of 4th Viscount Hambleden upon the death of his father in 1948.〔Lundy, Darryl. ("William Herbert Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden" ), The Peerage, p. 2113, accessed 10 October 2012〕 Smith married Countess Maria Carmela Attolico di Adelfia in 1955, and the couple had five sons: *William Henry (b. 1955) *Bernardo James (b. 1957) *Alexander David (b. 1959) *Nicolas Robin Bartolomeo (b. 1960) *Lorenzo Patrick Harold (b. 1962) Following the couple's divorce in 1988, Smith married Lesley Watson and lived in America,〔(Viscount Hambleden dies of cancer ), ''Henley Standard,'' 8 August 2012〕 while his first wife continued to live in the Manor House in Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, England.〔("Viscount Hambleden dies in US, aged 82" ), ''Henley Standard'', 13 August 2012〕 He sold off most of the family estate in 2007.〔Eden, Richard. ("Abba singer’s lover becomes a viscount" ). ''The Telegraph'', 12 August 2012〕 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 St. Mary the Virgin, Hambleden. Upon his death, his eldest son succeeded to his title.〔〔(Hambleden death announcement ), ''The Telegraph'', 8 August 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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