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| Full name | Lothian George Bonham-Carter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 September 1858 Adhurst St Mary, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 January 1927 (aged 68) Buriton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown-arm roundarm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Stuart Bonham Carter (son) Anthony Abdy (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880–1885 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lothian George Bonham-Carter JP (29 September 1858 – 1 January 1927) was an English first-class cricketer and businessman involved in brewing.
The son of the politician John Bonham-Carter, he was born in September 1858 at Adhurst St Mary, Hampshire. He was educated at Clifton College, where he played for and captained the college cricket team.[1] Following the completion of his education, he enlisted into the Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteer Corps as a supernumerary sub-lieutenant in March 1876.[2] In July of that year, he attended the Royal Indian Engineering College (RIEC) on the Cooper's Hill Estate in Surrey.[1] He joined the 1st Berkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps as a second lieutenant in November 1878,[3] before resigning his commission in June 1880.[4] In the month which followed his resignation, Bonham-Carter made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1880. A gap of four years would pass until he next played first-class cricket, with him making a further seven appearances in 1884 and 1885;[5] following the 1885 season, Hampshire lost their first-class status on the back of poor results. In eight first-class matches, he scored 260 runs at an average of 17.33; he made two half centuries, with a highest score of 67.[6] He was known to play rugby union, having represented Surrey while at the RIEC.[1]
For his living, Bonham-Carter was both a brewer and a sheep farmer.[1][7] As a brewer, he was a managing director of the Brickwood brewery in Portsmouth,[8] having previously assisted his family with their running of the Spicer brewery.[9] He was also a justice of the peace and a former chairman of the East Hampshire Conservative Association.[7] He married Emily Maud in 1882, with her predeceasing him. Their son, Stuart, was a first-class cricketer and a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy.[7] Bonham-Carter died in January 1927, following a short illness at his Buriton House residence in Buriton, Hampshire.[7][10] His estate passed to his eldest son, Algernon, with parts of it being sold to the Forestry Commission to cover death duties.