Maurice Bonham Carter
Sir Maurice Bonham Carter KCB KCVO (born October 11, 1880 in London , † June 7, 1960 ) was a British politician ( Liberal Party ).
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Bonham Carter was born in 1880, the second son of Henry Bonham Carter and his wife Sibella Charlotte Norman.
After attending Winchester College and studying at the University of Oxford , where he made a name for himself as a cricketer , he began to be politically active. As a member of the Liberal Party in the British House of Commons , he took over the post of private secretary to Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith from 1910 to 1916 , in whose government he played an important administrative role.
In 1916 he was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath . In 1917 he was also accepted as a Knight Commander in the Royal Victorian Order .
Bonham Carter's marriage in 1915 to Violet Asquith , his superior's daughter, had four children. The actress Helena Bonham Carter is his granddaughter.
Bonham Carter died in 1960. His body was interred in Mells Cemetery in Somerset .
Web links
- Sir Maurice Bonham Carter on thepeerage.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bonham Carter, Maurice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bonham Carter, Sir Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Liberal Party politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1960 |