14 Facts About Charles Bonham-Carter

Charles Bonham-Carter's father was a director of an insurance company.

Charles Bonham-Carter was educated at Clifton College near Bristol and then the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Charles Bonham-Carter was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 29 February 1896, and was promoted to a lieutenant on 16 July 1898.

Charles Bonham-Carter held a number of staff posts, including that of GSO2 in May 1915, in France and in January 1916 became GSO1 of the 7th Division in place of John Gathorne-Hardy.

Charles Bonham-Carter was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the American Distinguished Service Medal for his work and was mentioned in despatches five times.

Charles Bonham-Carter was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and in January 1918 was made a brevet colonel.

In 1936 Charles Bonham-Carter was appointed Governor and Commander in Chief of Malta following the death of General Sir David Campbell.

The subsequent changes overseen by Charles Bonham-Carter were to create something more representative and acceptable to the population.

Charles Bonham-Carter was appointed Colonel of The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in 1936, a post he held until 1946.

Charles Bonham-Carter took a number of posts in retirement including chairman of the Royal School, Bath, chairman of the Royal School for Soldier's Daughters in Hampstead.

Charles Bonham-Carter was a governor of his old school Clifton College.

Charles Bonham-Carter died at home in Petersfield, Hampshire, on 21 October 1955.

Charles Bonham-Carter married first, at Drogheda on 22 February 1902, Gladys Beryl Coddington, daughter of Colonel Arthur Blayney Coddington, and they had two sons.

Charles Bonham-Carter's brothers included Sir Edgar Bonham Carter and Sir Maurice Bonham Carter, the latter of whom is the grandfather of actress Helena Bonham Carter.