Family
Violet Bonham Carter's family was strongly intertwined with the Liberal Party. Her father is generally considered one of the most successful of British Prime Ministers, especially during the peacetime portion of his premiership (1908–1914). He was Prime Minister at the beginning of World War I and then headed a coalition with the Conservative Party beginning in 1915 until turned out as head of the coalition by fellow Liberal Lloyd George in December 1916.
As well as having an illustrious father, she married her father's Principal Private Secretary, Sir Maurice Bonham Carter, nicknamed "Bongie", in 1915. They had four children together:
- The Honourable Helen Laura Cressida, Mrs. Jasper Ridley
- The Right Honourable Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham Carter of Yarnbury (who became a Liberal MP later)
- The Honourable Raymond Bonham Carter, father of actress Helena Bonham Carter.
- The Honourable Laura Bonham Carter, Lady Grimond (she would marry Liberal leader Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond of Firth)
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“It seems to me that upbringings have themes. The parents set the theme, either explicitly or implicitly, and the children pick it up, sometimes accurately and sometimes not so accurately.... The theme may be “Our family has a distinguished heritage that you must live up to” or “No matter what happens, we are fortunate to be together in this lovely corner of the earth” or “We have worked hard so that you can have the opportunities we didn’t have.””
—Calvin Trillin (20th century)
“When one family builds a wall, two families benefit from it.”
—Chinese proverb.
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