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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 controled 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                                                                             (2nd Wife)
Cynthia was the only daughter of Mr. Evelyn M. Toulmin and of Mrs. William Leveson-Gower.
I have identified the following children.
(A Girl) Born 13 Jan 1945   Cairo, Egypt  
Birth of New Wife
Cynthia Toulmin No Date
only daughter of Mr. Evelyn M. 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
(a Girl) 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).

Death
Cynthia (Toulmin) Smith-Dorrien No Data

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