Patricia Smith, Viscountess Hambleden GCVO

Royal Victorian Order

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 (12 November 1904–19 March 1994) was a Lady of the Bedchamber

Lady of the Bedchamber

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 to Queen Elizabeth

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

 (later the Queen Mother) from 1937–94.

Born Lady Patricia Herbert, she was the eldest child of the Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke

Earl of Pembroke

Earl of Pembroke is a title created ten times, all in the Peerage of England. It was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England. The title is associated with Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales, which is the site of Earldom's original seat Pembroke Castle...

 and his wife, Beatrice. On 26 September 1928, she married the 3rd Viscount Hambleden

Viscount Hambleden

Viscount Hambleden, of Hambleden in the County of Buckinghamshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1891 for Emily Danvers Smith, in honour of her deceased husband, the businessman and Conservative politician William Henry Smith...

 and they had five children:

• The Hon. William Herbert Smith (b. 1930)
• The Hon. Laura Caroline Beatrice Smith (b. 1931)
• The Hon. Katharine Patricia Smith (b. 1933)
• The Hon. Richard Edward Smith (b. 1937)
• The Hon. Philip Reginald Smith (b. 1945)

Her husband died in 1948 and she remained in The Queen Mother's Household until her own death in 1994.

Styles and Honours

• The Hon. Patricia Herbert (1904–1913)
• Lady Patricia Herbert (1913–1928)
• The Rt. Hon. The Viscountess Hambleden (1928–?)
• The Rt. Hon. The Viscountess Hambleden DCVO (?–?)
• The Rt. Hon. The Viscountess Hambleden GCVO (?–1948)
• The Rt. Hon. The Dowager Viscountess Hambleden GCVO (1948–1994)