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Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien              1907-1946
  Peter was born about 1907, the son of Horace Lockwood Smith Dorrien and Olive Crofton Schneider.   He was educated at Harrow, where he was in the head master's house, and left school in 1925.   In the war he served with a Territorial commission in The Sherwood Foresters, of which regiment his father had been colonel, before being promoted acting colonel in June, 1943. and temporary colonel six months later.   In April, 1944 he was gazetted brigadier.   He was serving in British controlled Palestine as Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, when he was killed in a terrorist bombing..
Bridget Elvira Liddell                              1908-1998                     (1st Wife)
Bridget was born on 7 January 1908, the daughter of Sir Frederick Francis Liddell and Mabel Alice Magniac, in London.
I have not identified any children.

Birth of Parents
Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien b: abt 1907
son of Horace Lockwood Smith Dorrien and Olive Crofton Schneider

Bridget Elvira Liddell b: 7 Jan 1908                       London                    1908 1Q Chelsea 1a 387
daughter of Sir Frederick Francis Liddell and Mabel Alice Magniac

Marriage
14 Apr 1931
Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien
Bridget Elvira Liddell 		Holy Trinity, the Parish Church of Upper Chelsea       1931 2Q Chelsea 1a 907

The Times, Saturday, Apr 25, 1931                 MARRIAGES
Mr. P. SMITH-DORRIEN and
Miss LIDDELL
  The marriage took place at Holy Trinity, Sloane-street, yesterday of Mr. Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, second son of the late General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien and Lady Smith-Dorrien, of Le Bocage, Dinard, France, and Miss Bridget Elvira Liddell, only daughter of Sir Frederick and Lady Liddell, of 9, Culford-gardens, S.W.   The Bishop of Oxford officiated, assisted by the Rev. C. Cheshire and the Rev. Dallas Innes.
  The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of white and silver lamé with a train of the same material falling from the waist.   Her long tulle veil had a narrow edging of silver and was held in place by a crystal wreath, and she carried a bouquet of camellias.
  The bride was attended by a page, Master Nigel Livingstone-Learmonth, by one little girl, Miss Wanda Livingstone-Learmonth, and by five grown-up bridesmaids, Miss Barbara Liddell, Miss Barbara James, Miss Elizabeth Capel-Cure, Miss Joan Mortimer, and Miss Yvonne Marling,   The page wore a Romney Suit of parchment-coloured satin, and the bridesmaids wore parchment spotted net dresses with puffed sleeves and pale-green sashes and shoes.   They had wreaths of green leaves with camellias at the back and wore crystal necklaces.   The Hon. David Rhys was best man.
  A reception was held after the marriage at 21, Belgrave-square.

  [ I have omitted the long list of guests.]

The marriage ended in a divorce in 1937
Bridget married Lewis Civval in 1939, and later, a Mr. Blandy. She died in 1998 Nov West Surrey C5B 236. .


Cynthia Toulmin                                    1919-2000                         (2nd Wife)
Cynthia was born 27 August 1919, the only daughter of Mr. Evelyn Murrough Toulmin and of Mrs. William Leveson-Gower, in Paris France.
I have identified the following children.
Carol Ann Born 13 Jan 1945   Cairo, Egypt Married Antony Allert Thompson

Birth of New Wife
Cynthia Toulmin b: 27 Aug 1919         Paris, France
only daughter of Mr. Evelyn Murrough Toulmin and of Mrs. William Leveson-Gower

The Times, Thursday, May 27, 1943             MARRIAGES
  A marriage has been arranged and will shortly take place in the Middle East, between Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, second son of the late General Sir H. L. Smith-Dorrien, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., and of Lady Smith-Dorrien, D.B.E., of the Annexe, Exhibition Road, S.W.7, and Cynthia, only daughter of Mr. Evelyn M. Toulmin and of Mrs. William Leveson-Gower, of 33, Chesham Place, S.W.1, and 655 Park Avenue, New York.

Marriage
3 Jun 1943
Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien
Cynthia Toulmin 		Alexandria, Egypt

The Times, Thursday, Jun 10, 1943              MARRIAGES
  SMITH-DORRIEN : TOULMIN - On June 3. 1943, in Alexandria, Lt.-Colonel Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, second son of the late General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., to Cynthia, only daughter of Evelyn M. Toulmin and Mrs. William Leveson-Gower.

Children
Carol Ann Smith-Dorrien b: 13 Jan 1945               Cairo, Egypt
daughter of Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien and Cynthia Toulmin

The Times, Wednesday, Jan 17, 1945                    BIRTHS
  SMITH-DORRIEN - On Jan. 13, 1945, in Cairo, to Cynthia (née Toulmin), wife of Brigadier Peter Smith-Dorrien - a daughter.

Death
Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien Died 22 Jul 1946       King David Hotel, Jerusalem

The Times, Friday, Jul 26, 1946                         DEATHS
  SMITH-DORRIEN - On July 22, 1946, victim of bomb explosion, King David Hotel, Jerusalem, Brigadier Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, O.B.E., Sherwood Foresters, second son of the late General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, G.C.B., G.C.M.G, D.S.O., and Lady Smith-Dorrien, D.B.E., and dearly beloved husband of Cynthia (née Toulmin).
LONDON   13 Oct 1947                         Probate
SMITH-DORRIEN, Peter Lockwood - of 33 Lyall Mews, Chesham Place, London S.W.1 died 22 July 1946, at King David Hotel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Administration London 13 October, to Katherine Cynthia Smith-Dorrien, widow, and Barbara Despina Jennings-Bramley (wife of Harry Jennings-Bramley).
  Effects £2,781 15s. 10d.


Count Alexandre de Lasta                   1906-1980               (2nd Husband)
Alexandre was born on 9 June 1906, the son of Marquis Ossip, in Berlin, Germany..
I have not identified any children.

Birth of New Husband
Alexandre Dembo de Lasta b: 9 Jun 1906         Berlin, Germany
son of Marquis Ossip de Lasta

Marriage
20 Oct 1947
Alexandre de Lasta
Katherine C. Smith-Dorrien 		        1947 4Q Kensington 5c 2791

The Times, Tuesday, Oct 21, 1947                         Marriage
Count Alexandre de Lasta
and Mrs. C. Smith-Dorrien
  The marriage took place quietly yesterday between Count Alexandre de Lasta and Mrs. Cynthia Smith-Dorrien, widow of Brigadier Peter Smith-Dorrien.

THE MARRIAGE ENDED IN DIVORCE IN 1953.

The Times, Wednesday, Dec 2, 1953
COURT CIRCULAR
  Mrs. Cynthia de Lasta, wife of Alexandre de Lasta, has reverted to her former name of Mrs. Smith-Dorrien.
The Times, Tuesday, Jan 4, 1966                         Marriage
Count Alexandre de Lasta and Anne Tucker
  The marriage took place quietly on December 31 between Count Alexandre de Lasta of Stanford Court, London, S.W.7, and Mrs. Ann Tucker.

Stanley Douglas Christopherson         1912-1990               (3rd Husband)
Stanley was born on 26 May 1912, the son of Douglas Christopherson and Alma Griffiths.
I have not identified any children.

Birth of New Husband
Stanley Douglas Christopherson b: 26 May 1912         London       1912 3Q Chelsea 1a 696
son of Douglas Christopherson and Alma Griffiths

Marriage
abt 1959
Stanley Douglas Christopherson
Katherine C. Smith-Dorrien 		        1959 2Q Lambeth 5c 2255

Death
Stanley Douglas Christopherson, Age 77, Died Feb 1990,       Kent   1990 Feb Ashford 216 39

Death
Cynthia (Toulmin) Christopherson Died Jan 2000, Age 80,       2000 Jan Westminster B38C 174

SPECIAL THANKS  to Iain McGibbon, of Havelock North, New Zealand, for many of the details provided above.