John Bonham-Carter

Politician

1817 – 1884

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Who was John Bonham-Carter?

John Bonham-Carter was an English Liberal politician.

Bonham-Carter was the son of the Portsmouth MP John Bonham-Carter, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. From 1847 to 1874 he was 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.

He was a member of the Photographic Society of London, later the Royal Photographic Society, from 1853 until his death. His son, Lothian, played first-class cricket for Hampshire.

He died in Petersfield, Hampshire in 1884.

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Born
Oct 13, 1817
Education
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
Died
Nov 26, 1884

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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