Lady May Abel Smith - Marriage and Issue

Marriage and Issue

Lady May married Henry Abel Smith (later Sir Henry) on 24 October 1931. Lady May's wedding party included:

  • The Hon. Imogen Rhys
  • Miss Kathleen Alington
  • Princess Ingrid of Sweden, future Queen Consort of King Frederick IX of Denmark who introduced her fellow bridesmaid, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (daughter of Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and former Duke of Albany - grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert through their son Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany) to her brother, Prince Gustav Adolf (father of King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden), whom Princess Sibylla married a year later in Coburg (a wedding that King George V forbade the Royal family to attend because of Charles Edward's association with the Nazi Party).
  • Maj. The Hon. Cecil G. Weld-Forester
  • Miss Jennifer Bevan
  • Miss Wenefryde Tabor
  • Lady Mary Cambridge, the bride's first cousin once removed
  • Princess Elizabeth of York, future Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the bride's first cousin once removed
  • Miss Rosemary Fraser
  • Lady Alice Scott.

They were married for over 60 years and had three children:

Name Birth Death Notes
Anne Mary Sibylla Abel Smith 28 July 1932 Married on 14 December 1957 to David Liddell-Grainger (26 January 1930 – 12 March 2007); they were divorced in 1981 but have five children:
  • 1) Ian Liddell-Grainger (born 23 February 1959); married on 31 October 1985 to Jill Nesbitt (born 9 March 1956). Three children:
    • 1A) Peter Richard Liddell-Grainger (born 6 May 1987)
    • 1B) Sophie Victoria Liddell-Grainger (born 27 December 1988)
    • 1C) May Alexandra Liddell-Grainger (born 9 September 1992)
  • 2) Charles Montagu Liddell-Grainger (born 23 July 1960), married Karen Peta Humphreys on 23 January 1992, but they divorced in 1999. He then married Dr. Martha Margaretha de Clermont on 20 October 2008.
  • 3) Simon Rupert Liddell-Grainger (born 28 December 1962), married, firstly, on 26 January 1984 to Romana Maria Rogoshewska (born 17 September 1945); married, secondly, on 4 February 2000 to Natalie Judith Poulard. Two children:
    • 3A) Simon Alexander Liddell-Grainger (born 27 June 2000)
    • 3B) Matthew Willis Liddell-Grainger (born 8 October 2003)
  • 4) Alice Mary Liddell-Grainger (born 3 March 1965), married on 13 August 1990 to Pietro Panaggio. Two children:
    • 4A) Danilo Pietro Panaggio (born 19 March 1996)
    • 4B) Jessica Alice Panaggio (born 24 June 1998)
  • 5) Malcolm Henry Liddell-Grainger (born 14 December 1967), married on 1 August 1994 to Helen Bright. One son:
    • 5A) Cameron Henry Liddell-Grainger (born: 14 April 1997)
Colonel Richard Francis Abel Smith 11 October 1933 23 December 2004 Married on 28 April 1960 to Marcia Kendrew (born 27 March 1940). One daughter:
  • 1) Katherine Emma Abel Smith (born 11 March 1961), married to The Hon. Hubert Wentworth Beaumont (born 13 April 1956) on 16 October 1980. Four children:
    • 1A) Amelia May Beaumont (born 12 November 1983)
    • 1B) George Wentworth Beaumont (born 24 August 1985)
    • 1C) Richard Christian Beaumont (born 27 May 1989)
    • 1D) Michael Patrick Beaumont (born 23 April 1991)
Elizabeth Alice Abel Smith 5 September 1936 Married on 29 April 1965 to Peter Wise (born 29 December 1929) but divorced in 1975. One daughter:
  • 1) Emma Charlotte Abel Wise (1 September 1973 – 9 June 1974)

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