Person Open DS/UK/3487 Carter; Helen Violet Bonham- (1887-1969); Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, DBE; British politician, diarist Carter Helen Violet Bonham- 1887-1969 British politician, diarist Female DS/UK/8312

Grandmother of English actress Helena Bonham Carter. Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, DBE (15 April 1887 – 19 February 1969) was a British politician and diarist. She was the daughter of H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister from 1908–1916, and later became active in Liberal politics herself, being a leading opponent of appeasement, standing for Parliament and being made a life peer. She was also involved in arts and literature. Her illuminating diaries cover her father's premiership before and during World War I and continue until the 1960s. She was Winston Churchill's closest female friend, apart from his wife, and also the grandmother of well-known actress Helena Bonham Carter. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 12/18/2012 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 f60ee59c-8803-44ee-b289-6b48f3f846f2