Charles Bonham-Carter

Charles Bonham-Carter
Sir Charles Bonham-Carter
Birth name Charles Bonham-Carter
Born 25 February 1876(1876-02-25)
Kensington, London, England
Died 21 October 1955(1955-10-21) (aged 79)
Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Years of service 1896–1940
Rank General
Commands held 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
129th Infantry Brigade
4th Division
Territorial Army
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
Legion of Honour (France)
Other work Governor of Malta

General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter GCB CMG DSO (25 February 1876 - 21 October 1955) was a British Army officer and later Governor of Malta.[1]

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Early life

Bonham-Carter was born on 25 February 1876 at Paddington, London the ninth of eleven children of Henry and Sibella Charlotte Bonham-Carter.[1] His father was a director of an insurance company. He was educated at Clifton College near Bristol and then the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]

Military

Bonham-Carter joined the Army in 1896 and saw active service in the Second Boer War.[1] He went to the British Army Staff College in Camberley and joined the British Expeditionary Force to France as a regimental officer.[1] He held a number of staff posts in France and between 1917 and 1918 he was Brigadier General Staff (Training) at the General Head Quarters, despite opposition he started programmes to train the men in general and vocational subjects.[1] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the American Distinguished Service Medal for his work and was mentioned in dispatches five times.[1]

After the First World War Bonham-Carter served in Turkey and India, and in 1927 became Director of Staff Duties.[1] In 1931 he moved to become General Officer Commanding the 4th Division in Colchester.[1] In 1933 he was promoted to Lieutenant-General and became Director-General of the Territorial Army until 1936.[1]

Malta

In 1936 he was appointed Governor and Commander in Chief of Malta following the death of General Sir David Campbell.[1] It was a time of political unrest on the island and a constitional body was formed to find a more representative form of self-government, the earlier constitution had been suspended.[1] The subsequent changes overseen by Bonham-Carter was to create something more representative and acceptable to the population.[1] Although a strong supporter of the need to defend the islands after war was declared in 1939, but by October 1940 he had become ill and had to resign his post.[1]

Retirement

Bonham-Carter took a number of posts in retirement including chairman of the Royal School, Bath, chairman of the Royal School for Soldier's Daughters in Hampstead. He was also a governor of his old school Clifton College.[1] He died at home in Petersfield, Hampshire on 21 October 1955.[1]

Family

Bonham-Carter first married in 1902 Gladys Beryl Coddington and they had two sons.[1] Following a divorce in 1909 he married Gabrielle Madge Jeanette Fisher in 1911 and they had a son, Victor.[1][2] His brothers included Edgar Bonham Carter and Maurice Bonham Carter, the latter of whom is the grandfather of actress Helena Bonham Carter.

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Sir Charles Bonham-Carter Former Governor Of Malta" (Obituaries). The Times (London). Saturday, 22 October 1955. Issue 53558, col A, p. 9.
  2. ^ Obituary of Victor Bonham Carter, The Independent, 28 March 2007. Retrieved on 14 April 2011.
  3. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31451. p. 7093. 13 July 1917. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  4. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31451. p. 8937. 12 July 1919. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
Military offices
Preceded by
Archibald Cameron
General Officer Commanding the 4th Division
1931–1933
Succeeded by
John Brind
Government offices
Preceded by
General Sir David Campbell
Governor-General of Malta
1936–1940
Succeeded by
Sir William Dobbie

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