John Bonham-Carter (1817–1884)
John Bonham-Carter (13 October 1817 in Portsmouth – 26 November 1884) was an English Liberal politician.
Bonham-Carter was the son of the Portsmouth Member of Parliament (MP) John Bonham-Carter, and educated at Clifton College & Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] 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.
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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References
- ^ "Carter or Bonham-Carter, John (CRTR836J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Boase, F., Modern English biography, 6 vols, 1892–1921
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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