Violet Bonham Carter (1887–1969)
Author of Winston Churchill: An Intimate Portrait
About the Author
Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (1887–1969); British politician born Violet Asquith as the daughter of Liberal Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. Created Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury in 1964. She grew up in a heavily political environment, living at Downing Street at the time her father was PM and socializing with key political figures of the day -- she was especially close to Winston Churchill. In 1915, she married her father's private secretary Sir Maurice Bonham Carter and was a grandmother of actress Helena Bonham Carter.
Her book Winston Churchill as I knew him published in the U.S. as Winston Churchill, an intimate portrait
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- Other names
- Asquith, Violet (birth)
- Birthdate
- 1887-04-15
- Date of death
- 1969-02-19
- Burial location
- Mells Churchyard, Mells, Somerset, England, UK
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Education
- at home
- Occupations
- politician
diarist - Relationships
- Asquith, Margot (stepmother)
Asquith, H. H. (father)
Asquith, Lady Cynthia (sister-in-law)
Bonham Carter, Helena (granddaughter)
Bonham Carter, Mark (son)
Bonham-Carter, Charles (brother-in-law) (show all 9)
Grimond, Jo (son-in-law)
Asquith, Herbert (brother)
Asquith, Raymond (brother) - Organizations
- Liberal Party
- Disambiguation notice
- Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (1887–1969); British politician born Violet Asquith as the daughter of Liberal Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. Created Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury in 1964. She grew up in a heavily political environment, living at Downing Street at the time her father was PM and socializing with key political figures of the day -- she was especially close to Winston Churchill. In 1915, she married her father's private secretary Sir Maurice Bonham Carter and was a grandmother of actress Helena Bonham Carter.
Her book Winston Churchill as I knew him published in the U.S. as Winston Churchill, an intimate portrait
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