| Robert Dorrien-Smith | |
| Birth Name: | Robert Arthur Smith-Dorrien-Smith |
| Birth Date: | 1951 |
| Alma Mater: | Eton College |
| Occupation: | Businessman, politician |
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| Children: | 5 |
| Mother: | Tamara Imeretinsky |
| Father: | Tom Dorrien-Smith |
Robert Arthur Smith-Dorrien-Smith (born 1951) is a British businessman and politician. He is also the current leaseholder of Tresco, an island of the Isles of Scilly.[1] [2] [3]
Robert Dorrien-Smith was born in 1951 to Thomas Mervyn Smith-Dorrien-Smith and Princess Tamara Imeretinsky. He was raised at Tresco Abbey. At aged 8, he attended Sunningdale School, a prep school in Berkshire. He attended an agricultural college before later being educated at Eton. After the death of his father Thomas Dorrien-Smith in 1973, Robert Dorrien-Smith inherited the lease to Tresco at the age of 22. Up until 2004, Dorrien-Smith and his wife Lucy had made numerous improvements to Tresco, such as the construction of a new terminal building at Tresco Heliport, as well as many additions to the Tresco Abbey Gardens including a new entrance building, a shell-decorated gazebo and 2 sculptures by David Wynne. He also acquired a hotel on the neighbouring island of Bryher, then the second Tresco Estate owned hotel on the Islands, in 1999.[4] He introduced the concept of timeshares to Tresco in 1978.[5]
Dorrien-Smith was one of the backers of a new helicopter service to the islands and the new Penzance Heliport.[6] He is friends with King Charles III, who, through the Duchy of Cornwall, was the landlord and ultimate owner of Tresco, and often visits the Islands. Dorrien-Smith has been a councillor, representing the ward of Tresco, for the Council of the Isles of Scilly from 1976 to 1979 and since 2002.[7]
Dorrien-Smith's first marriage was to Lady Emma Windsor Clive; together they had 3 children. His second marriage was to Lucy Morgan Smith, and they had 2 children.
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