Peerage Record – 49162

     Victoria Caroline Williams was born on 21 April 1971.¹ She is the daughter of John Kendrick Williams and Elizabeth Caroline Morgan-Grenville.²

     Rachael Mary Williams was born on 21 April 1971.¹ She is the daughter of John Kendrick Williams and Elizabeth Caroline Morgan-Grenville.²

     Thomas Joseph Williams was born on 19 December 1994.¹ He is the son of Rachael Mary Williams.²

     Hon. Caroline Mary Elizabeth Morgan-Grenville was born on 26 June 1886.¹ She was the daughter of Major Luis Ferdinand Harry Courthorpe Morgan-Grenville and Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Lady Kinloss.² She married Major Thomas Close Smith, son of Henry Flesher Smith, on 6 January 1909.¹ She died on 24 April 1972 at age 85.¹
     Hon. Caroline Mary Elizabeth Morgan-Grenville also went by the nick-name of May.¹ From 6 January 1909, her married name became Smith. She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Buckinghamshire.¹

     Major Thomas Close Smith was the son of Henry Flesher Smith.² He married Hon. Caroline Mary Elizabeth Morgan-Grenville, daughter of Major Luis Ferdinand Harry Courthorpe Morgan-Grenville and Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Lady Kinloss, on 6 January 1909.¹ He died on 16 November 1946.¹
     He held the office of High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1942. He lived at Boycott Manor, Buckinghamshire, England.¹

     Lt.-Col. Richard Sydney Grenville Close-Smith was born on 26 January 1910.¹ He was the son of Major Thomas Close Smith and Hon. Caroline Mary Elizabeth Morgan-Grenville.² He married, firstly, Florence Amelia von Ompteda, daughter of Robert Ludwig Wilhelm August Baron von Ompteda, on 19 July 1935.¹ He and Florence Amelia von Ompteda were divorced in 1954.¹ He married, secondly, Josephine Judith Mullins, daughter of Vincent Wood Mullins, on 12 April 1954.¹ He died on 15 July 1973 at age 63.^1,3
     He was given the name of Richard Sydney Grenville Smith at birth.¹ He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at University College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He was commissioned in 1928, in the service of the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry.¹ He gained the rank of officer in 1932 in the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars.¹ He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1941, when he became a POW.¹ He fought in the Malayan Emergency between 1948 and 1951, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1950.¹ He retired from the military in 1954, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.¹ On 20 March 1954 his name was legally changed to Richard Sydney Grenville Close-Smith by Deed Poll.¹

     Robert Ludwig Wilhelm August Baron von Ompteda lived at Hanover, Germany.¹

     Florence Amelia von Ompteda is the daughter of Robert Ludwig Wilhelm August Baron von Ompteda.² She married Lt.-Col. Richard Sydney Grenville Close-Smith, son of Major Thomas Close Smith and Hon. Caroline Mary Elizabeth Morgan-Grenville, on 19 July 1935.¹ She and Lt.-Col. Richard Sydney Grenville Close-Smith were divorced in 1954.¹
     From 19 July 1935, her married name became Close-Smith.

     Robert Richard Close-Smith was born on 9 August 1936.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Richard Sydney Grenville Close-Smith and Florence Amelia von Ompteda.² He married Ena Mary Rooks, daughter of Edwin Rooks, on 10 June 1960.¹ He died on 26 March 1992 at age 55.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹