Jocelyn Henry Bonham-Carter OBE (28 January 1904 – 3 September 1985) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army officer and civil servant.
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| Full name | Jocelyn Henry Bonham-Carter | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 January 1904 Bromley, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 September 1985 (aged 81) High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1927/28 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 May 2023 | |||||||||||||||
The son of Herman Bonham-Carter,[1] he was born at Bromley in January 1904. He was educated at the Britannia Royal Naval College, before matriculating to Caius College, Cambridge.[2] Bonham-Carter joined the Royal Tank Corps (later the Royal Tank Regiment) as a second lieutenant following the completion of his studies, before resigning his commission in June 1926.[3] Travelling to British India, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in the 1927–28 Madras Presidency Match.[4] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 3 runs in the Europeans first innings by C. R. Ganapathy.[5]
Bonham-Carter rejoined the British Army in December 1932, when he was appointed to the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment with the rank of lieutenant.[6] He served in the Second World War with the Middlesex Regiment.[7] Following the war, he was employed with the Foreign Office as a Grade 1 Conference Officer. For his service with the Foreign Office, he was made an OBE in the 1953 New Year Honours.[8] He remained an officer with the Middlesex Regiment as part of the Territorial Reserve, gaining his Territorial Decoration whilst holding the rank of captain in June 1954.[9] Bonham-Carter died at High Wycombe in September 1985. He had been married to Maud Leslie Athill since 1939, in a wedding which was presided over by the Bishop of Woolwich.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Getting Married: The Bystander's Review of Weddings and Engagements". The Bystander. London. 1 September 1937. p. 46. Retrieved 19 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ The Cambridge University Calendar. J. & J. Deighton. 1922. p. 268.
- ^ "No. 33174". The London Gazette. 22 June 1926. p. 4041.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Jocelyn Bonham-Carter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Europeans v Indians, Madras Presidency Match 1927/28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "No. 33895". The London Gazette. 23 December 1932. p. 8224.
- ^ "No. 34698". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 September 1939. p. 6646.
- ^ "No. 38732". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1952. p. 13.
- ^ "No. 40195". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1954. p. 3322.
- ^ "Fashionable and Personal". Kent and Sussex Courier. Royal Tunbridge Wells. 23 June 1939. p. 10. Retrieved 19 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.