After the death of W H Smith the younger, his widow was created Viscountess Hambleden in her own right ; their son inherited the business from his father and the Viscountcy from his mother.

James Brudenell was born in a modest, by the standards of the Brudenell family, manor house at Hambleden, Buckinghamshire.

Hambleden Manor, where Brudenell was bornIn February 1818, during his last term at Oxford, and again following his father's wishes, he became Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Marlborough, a pocket borough " owned " by his cousin Charles, Earl of Ailesbury.

From 1909 until 1931 Frederick Smith, later 2nd Viscount Hambleden, was the VCH's major sponsor.

The civil parish of Fingest, originally based on the ecclesiastical parish, was enlarged in 1934 by adding land from the parishes of West Wycombe, Great Marlow and Hambleden.

The larger part became the parish of Lane End, and the village of Fingest was added to Hambleden parish.

Frieth Church was built in 1848 as a Chapel of Ease for Hambleden.

Flint from the ruined wing of the Old Rectory ( now Kenricks ) at Hambleden was used for the new church built to the design of JP Harrison.

St Thomas Cantilupe, the Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Hereford, was born in Hambleden in 1218.

The Elizabethan manor house opposite the church, now the home of Maria Carmela Viscountess Hambleden, was built in 1603 of flint and brick for Emanuel 11th Baron Scrope who became Earl of Sunderland.

It ceased to be The Rectory in 1938 and was acquired by the 3rd Viscount Hambleden and renamed Kenricks.

The Hambleden Estate was held by the Scrope family from 1365 to 1627.

Hambleden was also used in the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers to depict Easy Company's training in England.

In 1979 Hambleden church was the set for a programme featuring Harry Seacombe called Cross on the Donkey's Back .. It was an Easter programme by Thames Television and also featured a group of school children from Hambleden C of E School.

Lane End was historically on the borders of the parishes of Great Marlow, Hambleden, Fingest and West Wycombe, with a small part ( Ackhampstead ) belonging to the parish of Lewknor in Oxfordshire until 1895.

The Dog and Badger Inn on the A4155 road dates from late in the 16th century, the name having been transferred from the inn at Hambleden which was renamed the Stag and Huntsman.

It was created in 1891 ( as Viscountess Hambleden ) for Emily Danvers Smith, in honour of her deceased husband, the businessman and Conservative politician William Henry Smith.

In 1831 Leander defeated Oxford in a race rowed from Hambleden Lock to Henley Bridge, but when it lost the match with Cambridge six years later, Lord Esher noted at a dinner that Leander was a London Club consisting of men who had never been at the University but ... were recognised throughout England, and perhaps everywhere in the world, as the finest rowers who had up to that time been seen.

He was born at Hambleden in Buckinghamshire and was educated in Paris and Orléans.

His widow was created Viscountess Hambleden, taking the title from the village close to the Smiths ' country house of Greenlands, near Henley-on-Thames.

The following month his widow was raised to the peerage in his honour as Viscountess Hambleden, of Hambleden in the County of Buckingham.

Colonel Scrope was grandson of Adrian Scrope of Wormsley, who was ( approximately ) third son of John Scrope ( d. 1547 ) of Spenninthorne, Yorks, and Hambleden, Bucks, who was the younger son of the 6th Lord Scrope ( c1468-1506 ) by Lady Eliz.

* William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden ( 1903 – 1948 )

* William Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden ( b. 1955 )

* William Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden ( 1868 – 1928 ), known as Frederick Smith, officer in the British Army

* William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden ( 1903 – 1948 ), British peer

* William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden ( 1930 – 2012 ), British peer

* Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden ( 1868 – 1928 ), British MP

Frieth lies at a height of around 550 feet, on the edge of a broad and deep winterbourne chalk valley in which are located the older settlements of the parish and adjacent parishes – Hambleden, Skirmett, Turville and Fingest.

The Church Aided school at Frieth is the school for the Hambleden Valley.

Also, the Tim Burton film Sleepy Hollow, starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, included a month-long location shoot at Lime Tree Valley, in Hambleden.

1 mile to the south of the village at Mill End are Hambleden Mill and Hambleden Lock on the River Thames, which feature in Jerome K. Jerome's novel Three Men In A Boat.

Lane End is a starting spot for ramblers who journey down the Hambleden valley to look out for the red kite, the windmill at Turville or just to admire the exceptionally scenic countryside.

The Manor House, Hambleden is also the former home of Lord Cardigan who led the ill-fated charge of the Light Brigade.

* 1930 – William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden ( d. 2012 )

It lies in the civil parish of Hambleden.

Frieth is a village in the parish of Hambleden, in Buckinghamshire, England.

It is now part of the parish of Hambleden with Frieth and Skirmett.

The catchment area encompasses the many villages of the Hambleden Valley.

Hambleden is a small village and civil parish within Wycombe district in the south of Buckinghamshire, England.

Hambleden Church, St. Mary the Virgin

Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden who owned the adjoining Greenlands Estate.