John Bonham-Carter (1817–1884)

John Bonham-Carter DL JP (13 October 1817 – 26 November 1884) was an English Liberal politician.

John Bonham-Carter DL JP
Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 1872–1874
Preceded by	John George Dodson
Succeeded by	Henry Cecil Raikes
Member of Parliament for Winchester
In office 1847–1874 Serving with Sir James Buller East, Bt Thomas Willis Fleming William Barrow Simonds
Preceded by	Sir James Buller East, Bt Bickham Escott
Succeeded by	William Barrow Simonds Arthur Robert Naghten
Personal details
Born	John Carter 13 October 1817 Portsmouth
Died	26 November 1884 (aged 67) Petersfield, Hampshire
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Laura Maria Nicholson ​ ​ (m. 1848; died 1862)​ Mary Baring ​ ​ (m. 1864; his death 1884)​
Relations	See Bonham Carter family
Parents	John Bonham-Carter Joanna Maria Smith
Alma mater	Clifton College Trinity College, Cambridge

Early life

Jack Bonham-Carter was the son of Joanna Maria Smith (1792–1884) and the Portsmouth Member of Parliament John Bonham-Carter (1788–1838).[1] Among his siblings was the artist Hilary Bonham Carter, a friend of political journalist Harriet Martineau, and Elinor Mary Bonham Carter, the wife of prominent jurist Albert Venn Dicey.[2]

His paternal grandparents were Dorothy (née Cuthbert) Carter and Sir John Carter, who served as Mayor of Portsmouth. His maternal grandfather was abolitionist William Smith and through his aunt Frances, he was a first cousin of Florence Nightingale.[3] His maternal uncle was Whig politician Benjamin Smith, father of his first cousins Barbara Bodichon and Benjamin Leigh Smith.[2]

He was educated at Clifton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[4]

Career

From 1847 to 1874 he was Liberal Party MP for Winchester. He was briefly a Lord of the Treasury in 1866, and during his last two years in Parliament, he was Chairman of Ways and Means. In 1879, he was High Sheriff of Hampshire, an office his father held in 1829.[1]

He was a member of the Photographic Society of London, later the Royal Photographic Society, from 1853 until his death.[5]

From 1873 to 1884, he was a fellow of Winchester College.[1]

Personal life

In 1848, Bonham-Carter was married to his cousin Laura Maria Nicholson (c. 1825–1862). Laura was the daughter of barrister George Thomas Nicholson of Waverley Abbey and Anne Elizabeth (née Smith) Nicholson. Her eldest sister, Marianne, married engineer Douglas Strutt Galton, her brother was Lieutenant-General Sir Lothian Nicholson and her grandfather was the prominent merchant Samuel Nicholson. Together, they were the parents of:[6]

• Amy Laura Bonham-Carter (c. 1849–1859), who died young.[2]
• Iona Mary Bonham-Carter (b. c. 1850), who married Philip Edward Tillard (1836–1913).[2]
• John Bonham-Carter III of Buriton (1852–1905), who married Mary Withers.[2]
• Francis Bonham-Carter (1853–1878), who died unmarried in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.[2]
• Edith Joanna Bonham-Carter (1855–1899), who did not marry.[2]
• Lothian Bonham-Carter (1858–1927), who married Emily Maud Sumner and played first-class cricket for Hampshire.[2]
• Alice Laura Bonham-Carter (1860–1928), who married Brigadier-General Anthony Abdy.[2]

After the death of his first wife in 1862, he remarried to the Hon. Mary Baring (c. 1828–1906) on 21 April 1864. Mary was the daughter of Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook and the former Jane Grey (daughter of Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet). Mary was the granddaughter of Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet and sister of Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook of the Barings Bank family.[7] Together, they were the parents of:

• Mary Grey Bonham-Carter (c. 1867–1917)
• Arthur Thomas Bonham-Carter (b. c. 1870)
• Amy Laura Bonham-Carter.

He died in Petersfield, Hampshire on 26 November 1884.[8]

See also

• Bonham Carter family

References

1. College, Winchester (1907). Winchester College, 1836-1906: A Register. P. and G. Wells. p. 8. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
2. Nightingale, Florence; McDonald, Lynn (2001). Florence Nightingale: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. 851. ISBN 9780889203877. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
3. McDonald, Lynn (2010). Florence Nightingale: An Introduction to Her Life and Family: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. 104. ISBN 9780889207042. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
4. "Carter or Bonham-Carter, John (CRTR836J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
6. "Photographs of the children of John (Jack) Bonham Carter". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
7. "Northbrook, Baron (UK, 1866)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
8. Boase, F., Modern English biography, 6 vols, 1892–1921.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Bonham-Carter
• John Bonham-Carter at Find a Grave
• Scrapbook kept by John Bonham Carter II of Adhurst St Mary (1817–1884), MP for Winchester, 1847-74 at The National Archives.