Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden

William Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden, known as Henry Smith (born 18 November 1955), is a British peer, and descendant of the founders of the stationery group W H 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]

He 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 Frida Lyngstad of ABBA, who is a German princess by marriage to Heinrich Reuss, who died in 1999. Smith lives with Lyngstad in Switzerland.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 Lundy, Darryl. "Hon. William Henry Smith", The Peerage, p. 2712, accessed 10 October 2012
  3. ↑ Eden, Richard. "Abba singer’s lover becomes a viscount". The Telegraph, 12 August 2012
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Smith		 Viscount Hambleden
2012– 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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