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Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, DBE (15 April 1887 – 19 February 1969), known until her marriage as Violet Asquith, was a British politician and diarist. She was the daughter of H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916, and she was known as Lady Violet, as a courtesy title, from her father's ...
Antecedents. Prominent members. See also. Notes. References. External links. Bonham Carter family. Portrait of Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury. The Bonham-Carter family is a British family that has included several prominent people active in various spheres in the United Kingdom . Antecedents.
4 nov 2021 · As the daughter of a prime minister and a woman living in the early 20th century, Violet Bonham Carter could have easily kept to herself. Instead, she loudly and forcibly made her opinions known — no matter what. When Adolf Hitler and the Nazis rose to power, Bonham Carter darkly warned of a “nightmare reign of force.”.
- Kaleena Fraga
Type: Biography. Violet Bonham Carter was born in Hampstead on 15 April 1887 as Helen Violet Asquith, the daughter of Herbert Henry Asquith and his first wife Helen Melland. In 1891 Violet’s mother died of typhoid fever, and in 1894 Asquith married Margot Tennant.
For all her egalitarian and humanitarian principles, Violet Bonham Carter was a member of the old ruling caste, a toff. In 1961, after a lifetime of being driven about London, she returns...
Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, DBE , known until her marriage as Violet Asquith, was a British politician and diarist. She was the daughter of H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916, and she was known as Lady Violet, as a courtesy title, from her father's elevation to the peerage as Earl of Oxford and Asquith ...
A close friend of Winston Churchill, Violet was an ardent opponent of David Lloyd George. She was president of the Women's Liberal Federation (1923–25 and 1939–45) and of the Liberal Party (1945–47).
