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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 ...
2 de abr. de 2021 · Lady Violet Bonham Carter, Bonham Carter’s paternal grandmother, was a feminist and liberal politician whose life straddled two world wars. “She lost her brother in the first, and then must have lived in such a state of terror, having dealt with that,” said Bonham Carter, who at times was at a loss for words when describing her ...
Violet Bonham Carter (Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury), 1887-1969 – Journal of Liberal History. By Jane Bonham Carter. 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.
4 de nov. de 2021 · Updated November 7, 2021. A skilled orator and activist, Lady Violet Asquith took Britain’s Liberal Party by storm — and made it onto Hitler’s most wanted list in the process. National Portrait Gallery Violet Bonham Carter was renowned for her intelligence, oratorical skills, and forward-thinking ideas.
Is it possible to be smitten by a woman who died 31 years ago aged 81 simply through the diaries she wrote in the last two decades of her life? In the case of Violet Bonham Carter, the answer...
Born Helen Violet Asquith on April 15, 1887, in London, England; died on February 19, 1969; only daughter of Herbert Henry Asquith (1852–1928, later earl of Oxford and Asquith) andHelen Kelsall (Melland) Asquith (died, 1891); stepdaughter of Margot Asquith ; sister of Herbert Asquith (1881–1947) and Raymond Asquith (killed in action in WWI, 1916...
Correspondence and papers, 1892-1969 of Lady Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (1887-1969), Liberal political figure, with correspondence and papers of other members of her family, 1852-2000.
