Constance Adeane (1845–1918) married Hugh Colin Smith in 1865, a banker and Governor of the Bank of England 1897–99. The couple lived at Mount Clare, Roehampton, south west London, and their children included the banker Vivien Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester. Constance was painted by John Singer Sargent in 1904.
It is said that Constance Smith often escaped the pressures of family life by spending time abroad, visiting desirable destinations of the time, such as the French Riviera and the spa town of Marienbad (in the now Czech Republic), where she indulged her passion for painting and drawing.
