Venetia Stanley-Smith

Venetia Stanley-Smith (27 December 1950 – 21 June 2023) was a British-born herbalist and essayist based in , Kyoto, Japan.

Life Stanley-Smith was born in London, England on 27 December 1950. Her father was George Derek Stanley-Smith, son of Colonel George Edward Stanley Smith. Her mother was Juliana Eveline Curzon, daughter of Richard Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale, whose uncle was George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India. She later divorced him and remarried , a Japanese mountain photographer, in 1992, and moved with him to Ohara in 1996. She had two daughters and one son with her first husband and one son with her second husband.

Selected publications

Venetia's Ohara Herb Diary Venetia's Kyoto Country Living