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Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
Name
Sir Maurice BONHAM CARTER KCB KCVO
, 4675
Birth
1880
Death
1960
Father
Henry BONHAM CARTER
, 4651 (1827-1921)
Mother
Sibella Charlotte NORMAN
, 4664 (1837-1916)
Spouses
1
Violet Asquith
, 4683
Birth
1887
Death
1969
Father
Herbert Henry ASQUITH
, 4696 (1852-1928)
Mother
Helen Kelsall MELLAND
, 4698 (-1891)
Children
Helen Laura Cressida
, 4676 (1917-1997)
Laura Miranda
, 4677 (1918-1994)
Mark Raymond
, 4679 (1922-1994)
Raymond Henry
, 4680 (1929-2004)
Notes for Sir Maurice BONHAM CARTER KCB KCVO
Sir Maurice Bonham Carter,
KCB
,
KCVO
(11 October 1880 – 7 June 1960) was an
English
Liberal politician
and
cricketer
.
Bonham Carter was the second son of Sibella Charlotte (née Norman) and Henry Bonham Carter. He was born in
London
and educated at
Winchester College
and
Balliol College, Oxford
. He was called to the
Bar
at
Lincoln's Inn
in 1909.
He was a useful
right-handed batsman
and
wicketkeeper
for
Kent
and
Oxford
. He was awarded his blue in 1902. His highest score in first-class cricket was 86 for Oxford versus
H.D.G. Leveson Gower's XI
at the Parks in 1902.
Bonham Carter served as the
Principal Private Secretary
to the
politician
Herbert Henry Asquith
and he became a leading figure in the
British Liberal Party
. He also held a number of business directorships with companies such as
Blackburn and General Aircraft
, Hanworth Securities Ltd,
Scophony Ltd
and was a partner with merchant bankers O.T. Falk and Partners.
Bonham Carter is buried in the churchyard at
Mells
in
Somerset
.
Family life
He married
Violet Asquith
on 30 November 1915. As she was later made a
life peeress
, he and his wife were one of the few couples both of whom held titles in their own right. They had four children:
▪
The Honourable
(Helen Laura) Cressida Bonham Carter
(22 April 1917-17 June 1997); married Jasper Ridley (one son:
Sir Adam Nicholas Ridley
)
▪
The Honourable
Laura Miranda Bonham Carter
(born 13 October 1918); married
Jo Grimond
▪
The Honourable
Mark Raymond Bonham Carter
(11 February 1922-4 September 1994)
▪
The Honourable
Raymond Henry Bonham Carter
(19 June 1929-17 January 2004)
His brothers included
General Sir Charles Bonham Carter
and the lawyer
Sir Edgar Bonham Carter
.
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