Raymond Henry Bonham Carter (19 June 1929 – 17 January 2004) was a British

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and a member of the prominent Bonham Carter family.

Early life

He was born in

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, to Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter (1880–1960), a politician and

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er, and his wife, Lady Violet Asquith (1887–1969), a political activist who was created Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury in 1964. Her father was

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(1852–1928), who served as Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916 and became the 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith in 1925. His elder siblings were Cressida Ridley, Laura Grimond and Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter. He was educated at St. Ronan's School,

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and

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, graduating in 1952. He then went to

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Career

At various times, he held senior posts with the

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(1958–1963), the

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(1961–1963),

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(1963–1977), and the

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(1977–1979).

Personal life, illness and death

In 1958, he married Elena Propper de Callejón, daughter of Spanish diplomat

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(1895–1972) and his Franco-Austrian Jewish wife, Hélène Fould-Springer. Together, they had three children: * Edward Bonham Carter (born 24 May 1960), Vice Chairman of fund management group Jupiter Fund Management. *

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(born 26 May 1966), a twice

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- nominated actress. *Thomas Bonham Carter, who manages a

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agency. In 1979, he was diagnosed with a

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, which was removed by surgery, but left him

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and partially blind. Bonham Carter died on 17 January 2004 and was buried at St. John the Baptist Church in Stockton, Wiltshire. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218772118/raymond_henry_bonham_carter

Early life

Career

Personal life, illness and death

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