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Bonham Carter, Helen Violet Asquith

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Born: 1887 AD
Died: 1969 AD, at 81 years of age.

Nationality: British
Categories: Authors, Politician

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1887 - Helen Violet Bonham Carter was born on the 15th of April; she was a British politician and the daughter of Liberal Prime Minister H. H. Asquith by his first wife, Helen.

1915 - She is the wife of Maurice Bonham Carter.

1964 - She was created a life peer.

1923-1925 - Became the active as President of the Women's Liberal Federation.

1939-1945 - Served as President of the Women's Liberal Federation.

1941-1946 - Became Governor of BBC.

1945-1969 - Served as Governor of the Old Vic.

1945-1947 - Served as President of the Liberal Party.

1951 - She stood for the winnable seat of Colne Valley.

1964 - Created Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, of Yarnbury in the County of Wiltshire.

1965 - Wrote "Winston Churchill as I Knew Him" (also "Winston Churchill: An Intimate Portrait").

1969 - She died of a heart attack on 19th of February and was buried at Mells Church, Somerset.



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