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Helen Violet Bonham Carter

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Violet Bonham Carter

Helen Violet Asquith

Born: 15 April 1887, Hampstead, London

Died: 19 February 1969

Peerages

Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury - 21 December 1964

Knighted - 1953

daughter of Henry Herbert Asquith

daughter of Helen Kelsall Melland

wife of Maurice Bonham Carter

mother-in-law of Joseph Grimond

mother of Mark Raymond Bonham-Carter

grandmother of Jane Bonham Carter

Elections fought

5 July 1945		Wells	Liberal Party	7,910	25.15
25 October 1951		Colne Valley	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,266	47.84