William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet 1814-1883

On 22nd April 1814 William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet was born to Edward Bowyer-Smijth 10th Baronet [aged 29].

In 1838 [his uncle] John Smijth 9th Baronet [aged 56] died. His succeeded brother [his father] Edward Bowyer-Smijth 10th Baronet [aged 52] succeeded 10th Baronet Smith of Hill Hall in Essex.

On 2nd April 1839 William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet [aged 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 [aged 26] and [his wife] Marianne Frances Meux Lady Bowyer-Smijth.

Around 1845 William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet [aged 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 [aged 65] died. His succeeded son William [aged 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 Marianne Frances Meux Lady Bowyer-Smijth died. Her widower William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet [aged 60] remarried a week later his second bigamous wife Eliza Fechnie Malcolm.

Around 26th March 1875 William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet [aged 60] and Eliza Fechnie Malcolm were married, a week after the death of his first wife. They had previously married, albeit bigamously, around Thomas Weyland Bowyer-Smyth 15th Baronet.

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