Patricia Smith, Viscountess Hambleden

Patricia Smith, Viscountess Hambleden GCVO (12 November 1904–19 March 1994) was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) from 1937–94.

Born Lady Patricia Herbert, she was the eldest child of the Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke and his wife, Beatrice. On 26 September 1928, she married the 3rd Viscount Hambleden 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)