Baron Bicester
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Baron Bicester, of Tusmore in the County of Oxford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created on 29 June 1938 for the businessman Vivian Smith
Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester
Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester was a British merchant banker.Smith was the son of Hugh Colin Smith and Constance Maria Josepha , and grandson of John Abel Smith. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge...

. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his uncle in 1968.

The Barons Bicester are related to the Barons Carrington
Baron Carrington
Baron Carrington is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of England, once in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1643 in favour of Sir Charles Smyth. Only a few days later he was created...

. The first Baron Bicester's great-grandfather, John Smith, was the younger brother of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington. Also, John Smith's elder brother George Smith was created a Baronet in 1757 (see Bromley Baronets
Bromley Baronets
The Smith, later Bromley, later Pauncefote-Bromley, later Bromley-Wilson, later Bromley Baronetcy, of East Stoke in the County of Nottingham, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 31 October 1757 for George Smith, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire from 1757 to 1759. He was...

), while another brother, Thomas Smith, was the grandfather of Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote
Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote
Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote GCB, GCMG, PC , known as Sir Julian Pauncefote between 1874 and 1899, was a British barrister, judge and diplomat...

.

Barons Bicester (1938)

  • Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester
    Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester
    Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester was a British merchant banker.Smith was the son of Hugh Colin Smith and Constance Maria Josepha , and grandson of John Abel Smith. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge...

     (1867–1956)
  • Randal Hugh Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester
    Randal Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester
    Randall Hugh Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester was an English businessman.Born in London in 1898, the eldest son of the Vivian Smith, later created 1st Baron Bicester and his wife Lady Sybil Mary McDonnell, daughter of William Randal McDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim. He was educated at Eton and...

     (1898–1968)
  • Angus Edward Vivian Smith, 3rd Baron Bicester (b. 1932)


The heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive
An heir presumptive or heiress presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir or heiress apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question...

is the present holder's brother Hon. Hugh Charles Vivian Smith (b. 1934)

The heir presumptive's heir presumptive is his cousin George Harry Vivian Smith (b. 1934). He is the son of Hon. Hugh Adeane Vivian Smith, third son of the first Baron.

The heir presumptive's heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Charles James Smith (b. 1963)
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