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. 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.

See also

• Bonham Carter family

References

• Boase, F., Modern English biography, 6 vols, 1892–1921
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Bonham-Carter

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir James Buller East, Bt Bickham Escott	Member of Parliament for Winchester 1847–1874 With: Sir James Buller East, Bt 1847–1864 Thomas Willis Fleming 1864–1865 William Barrow Simonds 1865–1874	Succeeded by William Barrow Simonds Arthur Robert Naghten
Political offices
Preceded by John George Dodson	Chairman of Ways and Means 1872–1874	Succeeded by Henry Cecil Raikes