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Vandeleur Bright Smith                     1868-1938
Vandeleur was born about 1868, the son of George Augustus Bright Smith and Lydia Adelina Ellen Williams, at Malton, Yorkshire. Vandeleur was educated at Harrow, then admitted as a pensioner to Trinity Hall, Cambridge on July 7, 1887. He matriculated at Michaelmas. He got his B.A. in 1890. He was church warden of All Saints, Little Shelford, and was a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps during World War I.
Ethel Mary Dunn                               1867-1949
Ethel was born about 1867, the daughter of John Dunn and Mary Elizabeth Bowen, at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
I have identified the following children.
  John Vandeleur Born abt 1898   Little Shelford  
Mary Barbara Born abt 1900   Little Shelford  
Ethel Joan Born abt 1901   Little Shelford Married George Charles Henry Culley

Birth of Parents
Vandeleur Bright Smith b: abt 1868                       Malton, Yorkshire             1868 1Q Malton 9d 346
son of George Augustus Bright Smith and Lydia Adelina Ellen Williams

Ethel Mary Dunn b: abt 1867         Cambridge, Cambridgeshire             1867 4Q Cambridge 3b 482
daughter of John Dunn and Mary Elizabeth Bowen

Marriage
abt 1897
Vandeleur Bright Bright-Smith
Ethel Mary Dunn 		      1897 2Q Chesterton 3b 977

Children
John Vandeleur Bright-Smith b: abt 1898               Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire       1898 2Q Chesterton 3b 475
son of Vandeleur Bright Smith and Ethel Mary Dunn
Mary Barbara Bright-Smith b: abt 1900               Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire       1900 2Q Chesterton 3b 473
daughter of Vandeleur Bright Smith and Ethel Mary Dunn
Ethel Joan Bright-Smith b: abt 1901  c: 17 Mar 1901   Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire   1901 1Q Chesterton 3b 462
daughter of Vandeleur Bright Smith and Ethel Mary Dunn

1901 Census RG13-1527 1 April 1901 Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Newton Road
Vandeleur B. Bright-Smith
Ethel M. (Wife)
John V.
Mary V.
Ethel J.
Plus 4 Servants 		Age 32
Age 29
Age 2
Age 1
Age 2 Mon. 		Farmer Malton
Cambridge
Little Shelford
Little Shelford
Little Shelford 		Yorkshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire 		abt 1868
abt 1871
abt 1898
abt 1899
abt 1901

1911 Census RG14-2 3 April 1911 Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Little Shelford   (12 Rooms)
Vandeleur Bright-Smith
Ethel (Wife)
John (Son)
Barbara (Dau)
Joan (Dau)
Plus 3 Servants 		Age 42
Age 40
Age 12
Age 11
Age 10 		Private Means

Student
Student
Student 		Melton

Little Shelford
Little Shelford
Little Shelford 		Yorkshire

Cambridge
Cambridge
Cambridge 		abt 1868
abt 1867
abt 1898
abt 1900
abt 1901

Death
Vandeleur Bright Smith Died 18 Feb 1938, Age 70     Newton Road, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Burial 21 Feb 1938                     1938 1Q Cambridge 3b 603

The Times, Saturday, Feb 19, 1938                         DEATHS
  BRIGHT-SMITH - On Feb. 18, 1938, Little Shelford, Vandeleur Bright-Smith, son of the late Rev. George Bright-Smith.   Funeral Little Shelford, Monday, 2:30.
LONDON   16 May 1938                         Probate
BRIGHT-SMITH. Vandeleur Bright - of Newton-road, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, died 18 February 1938, Probate London, 16 May, to John Vandeleur Bright-Smith, business consultant and Arthur Bright-Smith, civil servant.   Effects £10,918 1s. 5d.

Death
Ethel Mary (Dunn) Bright-Smith Died 3 May 1949, Age 80,     Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Burial 5 May 1949                    1949 2Q Cambridge 4a 228

The Times, Monday May 9, 1949                         DEATHS
  BRIGHT-SMITH - On May 3, 1949, at Little Shelford, Cambridge, Ethel Mary, widow of Vandeleur Bright Bright-Smith.
NORWICH   11 Jun 1949                         Probate
BRIGHT-SMITH, Ethel Mary - of Newton-road, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, widow, died 4 May 1949, Probate Norich, 11 June to Ethel Joan Culley, married woman.   Effects £359 12s. 1d.

SPECIAL THANKS  to John Stewart, a descendant of Capt. William Dixon, R.A, for the details provided above.