Name Raymond Carter Role Banker | Died January 17, 2004 | |
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Spouse Elena Propper de Callejon (m. 1958–2004) Children Helena Bonham Carter, Edward Bonham Carter, Thomas Bonham Carter Siblings Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter, Laura Bonham Carter, Helen Laura Cressida Bonham Carter Parents Violet Bonham Carter, Maurice Bonham Carter Similar People Helena Bonham Carter, Violet Bonham Carter, Eduardo Propper de Callejon, Edward Bonham Carter, Jane Bonham‑Carter - Baroness | ||
Raymond Henry Bonham Carter (19 June 1929 – 17 January 2004) was a British banker, and a member of the British theatrical and political family.
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Early life
Raymond Henry Bonham Carter was born on 19 June 1929 to Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (1887–1969), a British political activist and daughter of the Prime Minister H. H. Asquith the 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852–1928), and Sir Maurice Bonham Carter (1880–1960), a politician and cricketer.
Bonham Carter was educated at St. Ronan's School, Hawkhurst, Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating in 1952. He then went to Harvard.
Career
At various times, he held senior posts with the Bank of England (1958–1963), the International Monetary Fund (1961–1963), Warburgs (1963–1977), and the Department of Industry (1977–1979).
Personal life
In 1958, he married Elena Propper de Callejón, daughter of Spanish diplomat Eduardo Propper de Callejón (1895–1972) and his Austrian-French Jewish wife Helene Fould-Springer. Together they had three children:
In 1979, he was diagnosed with a brain tumour which was removed by surgery but left him quadriplegic and partially blind.