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'''Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|KCVO}} (11 October 1880 – 7 June 1960) was an English [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal politician]], civil servant and [[first-class cricket]]er. He was [[H. H. Asquith]]'s [[Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister|Principal Private Secretary]] during Asquith's time as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] from 1910 to 1916 and later served in other government posts. He played [[cricket]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club]] in the early 20th century. Bonham-Carter was widely known by the nickname 'Bongie'.<ref name=peerage>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p1376.htm#c13753.1 Sir Maurice Bonham Carter], The Peerage. Retrieved 2017-04-04.</ref>▼
| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]
| name = Maurice Bonham-Carter
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCB|KCVO}}
| image = Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter.jpg
| office = [[Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister|Principal Private Secretary to the Prime&nbsp;Minister]]
| primeminister = [[H. H. Asquith]]
| term_start = 1910
| term_end = 1916
| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|10|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kensington|Kensington, London]], England
| death_date = {{dda|1960|06|07|1880|10|11|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| resting_place = [[St Andrew's Church, Mells]]
| party = [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Winchester College]]|[[Balliol College, Oxford]]}}
| parents =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Violet Bonham Carter|Violet Asquith]]|30 November 1915}}
| children = {{hlist|[[Cressida Bonham-Carter|Cressida]]|[[Laura Grimond|Laura]]|[[Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter|Mark]]|[[Raymond Bonham Carter|Raymond]]}}
| relations = [[Bonham Carter family]]
}}
▲'''Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|KCVO}} (11 October 1880 – 7 June 1960)<ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007''</ref> was an English [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal politician]], civil servant and [[first-class cricket]]er. He was [[H. H. Asquith]]'s [[Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister|Principal Private Secretary]] during Asquith's time as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Primeprime Ministerminister]] from 1910 to 1916 and later served in other government posts. He played [[cricket]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club]] in the early 20th century. Bonham-Carter wasThe widelyactress known by the nickname 'Bongie'.<ref name=peerage>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p1376.htm#c13753.1 Sir Maurice[Helena Bonham Carter],] Theis Peerage.his Retrieved 2017-04-04granddaughter.</ref>
 
==LifeEarly and careerlife==
Bonham-Carter, who was widely known by the nickname "Bongie,"<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Sir Maurice Bonham Carter – Private Secretary to H. H. Asquith|work=[[The Times]] |page=15 |date= 8 June 1960}}</ref> was born in [[Kensington]], London, on 11 October 1880.<ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915''</ref> He was the eleventh child born to Sibella Charlotte (''[[née]]'' Norman) and Henry Bonham-Carter. His brothers included [[Charles Bonham-Carter|General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter]], Governor of the Crown Colony of Malta from 1936 to 1940 and the lawyer [[Edgar Bonham Carter|Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter]].<ref>[https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/the-private-thoughts-of-governor-bonham-carter.124987 The private thoughts of Governor Bonham-Carter], ''[[The Times of Malta]]'', 18 April 2004. Retrieved 2021-11-07.</ref><ref name="times"/>
Bonham-Carter was the eleventh child of Sibella Charlotte (née Norman) and Henry Bonham-Carter. He was born in London and educated at [[Winchester College]] and [[Balliol College, Oxford]].<ref name=wisdenobit>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228437.html Bonham-Carter, Sir Maurice], Obituaries in 1960. ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'', 1961. Retrieved 2017-04-03.</ref> He was called to the [[Bar (legal)|Bar]] at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1909.<ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27993/27993.html Maurice Bonham-Carter], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-03.</ref>
 
He was aeducated at [[BatterWinchester (cricket)College]] and [[Balliol College, Oxford]].<ref name=wisdenobit>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228437.html Bonham-Carter, Sir Maurice], Obituaries in 1960. ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'', 1961. Retrieved 2017-04-03.</ref> He was a [[batsman|right-handed batsman]] and [[wicket-keeper]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club]], playing thirteen times for the side in [[first-class cricket]] matches between 1901 and 1902.<ref name=ci>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9848.html Maurice Bonham-Carter], [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 2017-04-04.</ref> He was awarded his [[Blue (university sport)|cricket Blue]] in 1902.<ref name=wisdenobit /> His highest score in first-class cricket was 86 for Oxford versus [[Shrimp Leveson Gower|H.D.G. Leveson Gower's XI]] at the Parks in 1902. Bonham-Carter also played one first-class match for [[Kent County Cricket Club]] in 1902.<ref name=ca /><ref name=carlaw>Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 80–81. ([https://archive.acscricket.com/books/Kent_Cricketers_A_to_Z_Part_One_Revised_Expanded.pdf Available online] at the [[Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]]. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)</ref>
 
==Career==
He was called to the [[Bar (legal)|Bar]] at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1909.<ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27993/27993.html Maurice Bonham-Carter], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-03.</ref> Between 1910 and 1916, Bonham-Carter served as the [[Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister]] [[H. H. Asquith]] between 1910 and 1916 during Asquith's tenure as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Primeprime Ministerminister]].<ref name=peerage /> He travelled around the country with Asquith at the start of [[World War I]] and accompanied the Prime Minister when he visited the frontline at [[Ypres]] in 1915.<ref name=lewis96>Lewis P (2014) ''For Kent and Country'', p.96. Brighton: Reveille Press.</ref> He also visited Italy and, following the [[Easter Rising]], Ireland with Asquith in 1916. When Asquith was replaced as Primeprime Ministerminister by [[David Lloyd George]] in 1916, Bonham-Carter moved to become Assistant Secretary of the [[Ministry of Reconstruction]] and then, in 1918, joined the [[Air Ministry]] and [[Road Transport Board]].<ref name=ca /><ref name=lewis96 />
 
He became a leading figure in the [[Liberal Party (UK)|British Liberal Party]]{{citation needed|date=Apriland 2017}}was a "keen supporter of new ideas and imaginative personalities."<ref name="times"/> He was a partner in a firm of [[stockbroker]]s.<ref name=ca /> He also held a number of business directorships with companies including:- Aero Engine Ltd, Alpha Cement Ltd, Earls Court Ltd, [[Blackburn Aircraft|Blackburn and General Aircraft]], Hanworth Securities Ltd, [[Scophony|Scophony Ltd]], [[Power Jets|Power Jets Ltd]]<ref>British Library MS61931</ref> and was a partner with merchant bankers O.T. Falk and Partners, and stockbrokers Buckmaster & Moore.<ref>THE LONDON GAZETTE, 2 APRIL, 1926</ref>
 
===Honours===
Bonham-Carter was made [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] (KCB) in 1916 in [[19171916 NewPrime YearMinister's Resignation Honours|as Asquith's resignedresignation ashonours]]<ref>{{cite Primenews |title=Five MinisterNew Peers. List of Resignation Honours. |work=[[The Times]] |page=8 |date=22 December 1916 }}</ref> and in the [[1917 Birthday Honours]] was made a [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] (KCVO).<ref name=lewis96 /> He died in 1960 aged 79 and is buried in the churchyard at [[St Andrew's Church, Mells]] in [[Somerset]]. The actress [[Helena Bonham Carter]] is his granddaughter.
 
==FamilyPersonal life==
HeOn 30 November 1915, he was married to [[Violet Bonham Carter|Violet Asquith]], ondaughter 30of Novemberthen-British 1915prime minister [[H. H. Asquith]]. As she was later made a [[life peer]]ess, he and his wife were one of the few couples both of whom held titles in their own right. TheyTogether, they had four children:<ref name=peerage "times"/>
* [[The Honourable]] (Helen Laura) Cressida Bonham-Carter (22 April 1917 – 17 June 1997); married Jasper Ridley (one son: Sir [[Adam Ridley|Adam Nicholas Ridley]])▼
* The Honourable [[Laura Miranda Grimond|Laura Miranda Bonham Carter]] (13 October 1918 – 15 February 1994); married [[Jo Grimond|Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond]]▼
* [[Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham Carter of Yarnbury]] (11 February 1922 – 4 September 1994) (three daughters including: [[Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham Carter of Yarnbury]], wife of [[Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall]])
* The Honourable [[Raymond Bonham Carter|Raymond Henry Bonham-Carter]] (19 June 1929 – 17 January 2004) (three children including: [[Helena Bonham Carter]] and [[Edward Bonham Carter]])
 
▲* [[The Honourable]] (Helen Laura) Cressida Bonham-Carter (221917–1998), April 1917 – 17 June 1997);who married Jasper Ridley (one son: Sir [[Adam Ridley|Adam Nicholas Ridley]]).
His brothers included [[Charles Bonham-Carter|General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter]] and the lawyer [[Edgar Bonham Carter|Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter]].
▲* The Honourable [[Laura Miranda Grimond|Laura Miranda Bonham Carter]] (131918–1994), October 1918 – 15 February 1994);who married [[Jo Grimond|Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond]].
* [[Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham Carter of Yarnbury]] (1922–1994)
* The Honourable [[Raymond Bonham Carter|Raymond Henry Bonham-Carter]] (1929–2004)
 
He died in 1960 aged 79 and is buried in the churchyard at [[St Andrew's Church, Mells]] in [[Somerset]].
 
===Descendants===
Through his eldest daughter Cressida, he was a grandfather to Sir [[Adam Ridley]]. Through his eldest son Mark, he was a grandfather of three girls, including: [[Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham Carter of Yarnbury]], wife of [[Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall]]. Through his youngest son Raymond, he was a grandfather to three including: [[Helena Bonham Carter]] and [[Edward Bonham Carter]].
 
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