Viscount Hambleden, of Hambleden in the County of Buckinghamshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1891 (as Viscountess Hambleden) for Emily Danvers Smith, in honour of her deceased husband, the businessman and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician William Henry Smith. Both their son, the second Viscount, and grandson, the third Viscount, were involved in the management of the family business, W H Smith

W H Smith

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. the title is held by the latter's son, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in 1948.

Viscounts Hambleden (1891)

• Emily Danvers Smith, 1st Viscountess Hambleden (1828–1913)
• William Frederick Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868–1928)
• William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden
  William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden
  The Rt. Hon. William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden , was a British peer and descendant of the founders of stationery group W H Smith. Lord Hambleden was educated at Eton College and Oxford University...
  
   (1903–1948)
• William Herbert Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden (b. 1930)

The heir apparent

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 is the present holder's son, The Hon.

The Honourable

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William Henry Smith (b. 1955).