The Bonham Carter family are descendants of John Bonham-Carter (1788–1838), a British Member of Parliament and barrister, and his wife Joanna Maria Smith. The MP was the son of Sir John Carter (before 20 December 1741 – 18 May 1808, Mayor of Portsmouth, and son of John Carter, who was a merchant). He assumed the name Bonham by Royal Licence when he inherited the estates of his cousin Thomas Bonham. Joanna Maria Smith was the daughter of William Smith, the abolitionist MP; her sister Frances was the mother of Florence Nightingale, and her brother Benjamin was the father of Barbara Bodichon and Benjamin Leigh Smith. Most of the Bonham-Carters and their circle belonged to Unitarian churches.
John and Joanna had a daughter, (Joanna) Hilary Bonham-Carter (d.1865), who was an artist and friend of political journalist Harriet Martineau. Hilary's portraits of her cousin Florence are held in the National Portrait Gallery.
Living descendants are omitted, unless they are notable and/or have a separate Wikipedia entry. Each indentation indicates a generation.
The family members include:
John Bonham-Carter (1788–1838), MP, married Joanna Maria Smith, daughter of William Smith (abolitionist)
John Bonham-Carter (1817–1884), MP, married Mary Baring, daughter of Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook
Lothian Bonham-Carter (1858–1927), married Emily Maud Sumner
Esme Mary Maud Bonham Carter (1884–1956), married (1) Basil Murray Tomlinson, married (2) John Selwyn
Algernon Bonham Carter (1888–1957), married Myra Foyle
Admiral Sir Stuart Bonham Carter (1889–1972), married Eve Lloyd
Thomas Bonham Carter (1819-??)
(Joanna) Hilary Bonham Carter (1821–1865)
Frances Bonham Carter (1823–1870)
Alfred Bonham Carter (1825–1910), married Mary Henrietta Norman
Guy Bonham Carter (1884–1915), married Kathleen Arkwright, one son, one daughter
Alfred Erskine Bonham Carter (1880–1921), married Margaret Emily Malcolm
Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Douglas Bonham-Carter (1907–1975), married Marion MacIntyre Hutchinson Taylor
Peter Malcolm Bonham-Carter (b. 1936), married Clodagh Greenwood
Crispin Bonham-Carter (b. 1969), married Katherine Julian Dawnay, four sons
Henry Bonham Carter (1827–1921), married Sibella Charlotte Norman
Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter (1870–1956)
General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter (1876–1955), married Gabriele Fisher
Victor Bonham-Carter (1913–2007)
Sir Maurice Bonham Carter (1880–1960) married Violet Asquith, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, life peer.
Helen Cressida Bonham Carter (1917–1997), married Jasper Ridley (1913–1944)
Sir Adam Ridley (born 1942), married (1) Lady Katherine Asquith (divorced) and (2) Margaret Anne Passmore, three sons
Laura Bonham Carter (1918–1994), married the Liberal Party leader Jo Grimond, three sons, one daughter
Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter (1922–1994), MP, life peer, married Leslie Nast, three daughters
Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (b. 1957), life peer, married Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall
Raymond Bonham Carter (1929–2004), married Elena Propper de Callejón, two sons, one daughter
Edward Bonham Carter (b. 1960), married Victoria Studd, two sons, one daughter
Helena Bonham Carter (b. 1966), has children with former partner Tim Burton, one son, one daughter
Alice Bonham Carter (1829–1912)
Hugh Bonham Carter (1832–1896)
Air Commodore Ian Bonham-Carter (1882–1953)
Eleanor Bonham Carter (1837–1923)
