List of Political Families in The United Kingdom - Asquiths and Bonham Carters

Asquiths and Bonham Carters

There are numerous notable figures descendant from Asquith, including diplomats, judges and actors. Listed below are some of the members who were in Westminster politics or prominent positions within the Liberal party.

• Herbert Asquith (1852–1928), Liberal MP, Chancellor of the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1905–1908, Prime Minister 1908–1916, later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
  • Lady Violet Bonham Carter (1887–1969), Governor of the BBC 1941–1946, President of the Liberal Party 1945–1947, created a life peer in 1964; daughter of Herbert Asquith
  • Sir Maurice Bonham Carter (1880–1960), Principal Private Secretary to Herbert Asquith; married to Violet, daughter of Herbert
    • Mark Bonham Carter (1922–1994), Liberal MP, later life peer; son of Violet Bonham Carter
      • Jane Bonham Carter (1957 – ), Life peer since 2005; daughter of Mark Bonham Carter
    • Laura Bonham Carter, daughter of Violet Bonham Carter and married to Jo Grimond (1913–1983), MP for Orkney and Shetland 1950–1983, Leader of the Liberal Party 1956–1967 and created Life peer 1983;