Patricia Caroline Beatrix Smith, Viscountess Hambleden (née Herbert; 12 November 1904 – 19 March 1994) was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) from 1937 to 1994.
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Early life
She was the eldest child of Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke and his wife, Beatrice. She grew up at Wilton House, Wiltshire. Her father descended from Countess Catherine Vorontsov.
In 1919, she was a bridesmaid at the wedding of the Hon. Olive Cecilia Paget, daughter of the 1st Baron Queensborough. She was also debutante of the year in 1922.
Marriage and children
On 26 September 1928, she married William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden (a descendant of the W H Smith family) at Salisbury Cathedral. They had five children:
The Hon. William Herbert Smith (b. 1930)
The Hon. Laura Caroline Beatrice Smith (b. 1931)