Violet Bonham Carter

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Violet Bonham Carter was a prominent British Liberal politician, orator, and diarist who played a significant role in early 20th-century political life and was later created Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Liberal Party politician
diarist
human
life peer
orator
activeInPeriod early 20th century
mid 20th century
birthName Helen Violet Asquith
child Mark Bonham Carter
Raymond Bonham Carter
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1887-04-15
dateOfDeath 1969-02-19
describedBySource British political histories
educatedAt Bedford College, London
familyName Asquith NERFINISHED
Bonham Carter
father H. H. Asquith NERFINISHED
givenName Helen
Violet
grandchild Helena Bonham Carter
honorificTitle Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury
knownFor political diaries
political oratory
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
mother Margot Asquith
name Violet Bonham Carter
nobleTitle Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury
notableRole prominent figure in early 20th-century British Liberal politics
notableWork diaries
political speeches
peerageType life peerage
placeOfBirth London
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath London
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
positionHeld President of the Liberal Party
member of the House of Lords
relative Clementine Churchill
sexOrGender female
spouse Maurice Bonham Carter
titleCreatedInPeerage Peerage of the United Kingdom


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