Richard Abel Smith

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Colonel Richard Francis Abel Smith DL (11 October 1933 – 23 December 2004) was a British Army officer. He was the son of Colonel Henry Abel Smith and his wife Lady May Cambridge, née Princess May of Teck, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a niece of Queen Mary. He was born at Kensington Palace in London, England. Richard was the second of three children and the only boy. He was a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria. Abel Smith was educated at Eton College, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and the Royal Agricultural College. He was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues). He was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Cyprus between 1957 and 1960. He was a military instructor between 1960 and 1963 at Sandhurst. He commanded the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry squadron of the Royal Yeomanry between 1967 and 1969.