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Biography of William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet 1814-1883

Paternal Family Tree: Smith aka Smijth

On 22nd April 1814 William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet was born to Edward Bowyer-Smijth 10th Baronet (age 29).

On 2nd April 1839 William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet (age 24) and Marianne Frances Meux Lady Bowyer-Smijth were married. They had two sons and a daughter.

On 1st September 1840 [his son] William Bowyer-Smijth 12th Baronet was born to William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Marianne Frances Meux Lady Bowyer-Smijth.

Around 1845 William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet (age 30) and Eliza Fechnie Malcolm were married bigamously. She, around sixteen years old, believed his first wife was dead.

On 15th August 1850 [his father] Edward Bowyer-Smijth 10th Baronet (age 65) died. His son William (age 36) succeeded 11th Baronet Bowyer-Smijth of Hill Hall in Essex. [his wife] Marianne Frances Meux Lady Bowyer-Smijth by marriage Lady Smith of Hill Hall in Essex.

On 19th March 1875 [his wife] Marianne Frances Meux Lady Bowyer-Smijth died. Her widower William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet (age 60) remarried a week later his second bigamous wife [his wife] Eliza Fechnie Malcolm.

Around 26th March 1875 William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet (age 60) and [his wife] Eliza Fechnie Malcolm were married, a week after the death of his first wife. They had previously married, albeit bigamously, around 1845.

On 20th November 1883 William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet (age 69) died. His son [his son] William (age 43) succeeded 12th Baronet Smith of Hill Hall in Essex.

Ancestors of William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet 1814-1883

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Smyth 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Smyth 2nd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Smyth 3rd Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Smyth 6th Baronet

GrandFather: William Smijth 7th Baronet

Father: Edward Bowyer-Smijth 10th Baronet

William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet