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Scottish coast. Some days after his departure, but while Arnold Ward remained a guest, Violet went out one evening, to look for a book left on the rocks. She was discovered after a search of several hours, lying uninjured but unconscious near the coastal path.
728:, over the Gallipoli campaign, resigned on 15 May 1915. It set off a train of political events that led to the end of the Liberal Cabinet in favour of a coalition, the removal of Churchill, and then in 1916 Asquith's replacement as prime minister by
948:(1965) recounted how during the course of conversation at the dinner party at which they first met, Churchill concluded a thought with words to the effect that "Of course, we are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow worm".
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Catalogue of the correspondence and papers of Lady Violet Bonham Carter, 1892–1969
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that Brooke's death was one of the greatest sorrows of her life; and according to
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Brock, Eleanor. "Asquith, Margaret Emma Alice, countess of Oxford and Asquith".
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473:: their relationship has been described as "stormy". Her four brothers were
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929:, eds. Mark Bonham Carter and Mark Pottle (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996)
395:, Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916, and she was known as Lady Violet, as a
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In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War
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Daring to Hope: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter, 1945–1969
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Lantern Slides: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter, 1904–1914
1127:"Carter, (Helen) Violet Bonham, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (1887–1969)"
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and the cause of European unity, advocating for Britain's entry into the
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from 1908, when her father occupied it. She was educated at home by
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In the postwar years, Bonham Carter was an active supporter of the
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On 16 January 1915, the ageing Henry James visited the Asquiths at
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at Spartacus Educational, includes quotations. Accessed June 2008
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673:. Morrell found her conversation dazzling rather than profound.
379:(15 April 1887 – 19 February 1969), known until her marriage as
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2074:(London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1965; published in the USA as
909:"Winston Churchill As I Know Him" by Violet Bonham Carter, in
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Violet Bonham Carter discussing the women's suffrage movement
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when Violet was four years old. Her stepmother from 1894 was
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Lady Violet Bonham-Carter has also been cited many times in
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Winston Spencer Churchill: Servant of Crown and Commonwealth
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Mrs. Humphry Ward: Eminent Victorian, Pre-eminent Edwardian
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Mrs. Humphry Ward: Eminent Victorian, Pre-eminent Edwardian
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Violet became engaged to Archibald Gordon (Archie), son of
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Crathorne, Baroness Nancy Dugdale; Dugdale, James (1973).
1620:. Vol. 2. Harmondsworth: Penguin. pp. 784–787.
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John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
897:, Somerset, near the home of her late brother, Raymond.
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Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury
1175:. Vol. 93. H. W. Wilson Company. 1997. p. 81.
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correspondent, sailing with his division bound for the
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In October 1907 Violet had a proposal of marriage from
1778:"The Destruction of Britain's Last Liberal Government"
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Tennant's Stalk: The Story of the Tennants of the Glen
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Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
353:
Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
2158:"Archival material relating to Violet Bonham Carter"
630:. That year she acquired a long-term correspondent,
553:, Miss Cicely Horner, Miss Violet Asquith, and Miss
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1458:Alderman, C. J. F. "Temple, Olive Susan Miranda".
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978:, Lady Grimond, wife of the Liberal Party leader
833:Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
454:to improve her languages. In 1903 she attended a
913:, ed. Sir James Marchant, London: Cassell, 1954.
827:. She was nonetheless narrowly defeated. In the
407:politics herself, and was a leading opponent of
399:, from her father's elevation to the peerage as
1730:. Oxford University Press. p. 569 note 3.
1238:Lycett, Andrew. "Fleming, Ann Geraldine Mary".
169:21 December 1964 – 19 February 1969
2179:Newspaper clippings about Violet Bonham Carter
1217:. Oxford University Press. p. 28 note 2.
740:'s account. Through her, Asquith's biographer
489:. Violet's best friend when she was young was
2657:1925 University of Oxford Chancellor election
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1578:Edward Marsh, Patron of the Arts: A Biography
8:
2108:(A biography of the young Winston Churchill)
1907:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1672:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1595:. Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 252–253.
1464:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1431:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1244:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1136:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1086:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
964:, in 1915. They had four children together:
889:Lady Violet Bonham Carter died in 1969 of a
714:, her father's principal private secretary.
693:in Kent. Violet Asquith and her half-sister
2758:Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
2237:President of the Women's Liberal Federation
1368:. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 209.
465:Her mother, Helen Kelsall Melland, died of
113:President of the Women's Liberal Federation
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1495:. General Publishing Company. p. 80.
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2647:1916 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
858:from 1941 to 1946, and a governor of the
2603:The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1983:(Supplement). 1 June 1953. p. 2953.
1852:A Historical Dictionary of British Women
1727:H. H. Asquith Letters to Venetia Stanley
1518:"Sir Matthew Nathan: Ireland and Before"
411:. She stood for Parliament and became a
2076:Winston Churchill: An Intimate Portrait
1904:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1669:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1593:Ottoline Morrell: Life on a Grand Scale
1461:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1428:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1241:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1133:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1083:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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986:Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter
921:Winston Churchill: An Intimate Portrait
748:Engagement in politics, interwar period
273: 1915; died 1960)
2773:Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II
2050:. Penguin Books Limited. p. 522.
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422:and continue until the 1960s. She was
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1930:
1901:Slinn, Judy. "Falk, Oswald Toynbee".
1643:The Irregular Verses of Rupert Brooke
1275:. John Murray. pp. 166 and 173.
7:
2748:Presidents of the Liberal Party (UK)
2642:Rector of the University of Aberdeen
2571:Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner
956:Violet Asquith married her father's
403:in 1925. Later she became active in
2637:Rector of the University of Glasgow
819:she stood for the winnable seat of
797:Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
744:was given access to family papers.
702:and death. Violet wrote in 1915 to
2703:20th-century English women writers
2023:. 28 February 1969. Archived from
2003:. 22 December 1964. p. 10933.
1666:Caesar, Adrian. "Brooke, Rupert".
653:Violet made an effort to befriend
25:
2466:Independent Liberal Party (1918)
1555:. Faber and Faber. p. 380.
1404:. Clarendon Press. p. 298.
1327:. Clarendon Press. p. 284.
510:Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet
302:Laura, Baroness Grimond of Firth
41:The Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury
2072:Winston Churchill as I Knew Him
1724:Asquith, Herbert Henry (2014).
1365:The Churchills: In Love and War
946:Winston Churchill As I Knew Him
917:Winston Churchill as I Knew Him
893:, aged 81, and was interred at
768:(1945–47). She campaigned with
270:
2421:British entry into World War I
2305:Coalition government 1915–1916
2210:President of the Liberal Party
766:President of the Liberal Party
724:, at odds with Churchill, the
71:President of the Liberal Party
1:
2753:Liberal Party (UK) life peers
2698:20th-century English diarists
2146:(Farrar Straus Giroux, Publ.)
1782:The Journal of Modern History
1576:Hassall, Christopher (1959).
1551:Hassall, Christopher (1964).
2743:People from Sutton Courtenay
2409:Buckingham Palace Conference
2300:Liberal government 1908-1915
1961:UK public library membership
1921:UK public library membership
1755:. John Murray. p. 333.
1703:. John Murray. p. 259.
1686:UK public library membership
1645:. Green Branch. p. 96.
1478:UK public library membership
1445:UK public library membership
1258:UK public library membership
1157:UK public library membership
1100:UK public library membership
1059:. John Murray. p. 104.
871:Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury
534:Raymond Asquith belonged to
153:Member of the House of Lords
2183:20th Century Press Archives
1948:. A & C Black
1516:Haydon, Anthony P. (1975).
1300:. John Murray. p. 85.
976:Laura Miranda Bonham Carter
958:Principal Private Secretary
726:First Lord of the Admiralty
438:Violet Asquith was born in
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2738:Politicians from Wiltshire
2723:Daughters of British earls
2662:Earl of Oxford and Asquith
1553:Rupert Brooke: A Biography
1190:. Macmillan. p. 215.
762:Women's Liberal Federation
661:offered conversation with
401:Earl of Oxford and Asquith
391:. She was the daughter of
203:Hampstead, London, England
60:Violet Bonham Carter, 1915
2788:Children of H. H. Asquith
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2092:Shelden, Michael (2013).
1855:. Routledge. p. 56.
1776:Koss, Stephen E. (1968).
1591:Seymour, Miranda (2008).
1398:Sutherland, John (1990).
1388:Shelden 2013, pp. 180–91.
1321:Sutherland, John (1990).
1124:Pottle, Mark (May 2007).
895:St Andrew's Church, Mells
815:, coming third, while in
640:King's College, Cambridge
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258:Sir Maurice Bonham Carter
236:St Andrew's Church, Mells
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2763:British women memoirists
2652:1920 Paisley by-election
2385:Battle of Downing Street
2195:Party political offices
2096:. Simon & Schuster.
2046:Reynolds, David (2004).
1751:Clifford, Colin (2003).
1699:Clifford, Colin (2003).
1580:. Longmans. p. 340.
1362:Lovell, Mary S. (2011).
1296:Clifford, Colin (2003).
1271:Clifford, Colin (2003).
1211:Asquith, Margot (2014).
1055:Clifford, Colin (2003).
998:, father of the actress
811:Bonham Carter stood for
754:1920 Paisley by-election
657:, in 1913. Her house in
634:. In March 1913 she met
597:Violet travelled to the
287:Hon. Helen Bonham Carter
222:Cause of death
2135:, Elizabeth Turner 2003
1849:Hartley, Cathy (2003).
1641:Brooke, Rupert (1997).
1618:The Life of Henry James
1044:(subscription required)
829:1953 Coronation Honours
2728:British women diarists
2318:
2119:, 10/11 November 1953.
2070:Violet Bonham Carter,
1939:"Asquith of Yarnsbury"
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1876:Ripka, Hubert (2018).
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609:, had lost her fiancé
559:
27:Politician (1887–1969)
2553:Maurice Bonham-Carter
2317:
2117:University of Toronto
2113:The Falconer Lectures
1491:Soames, Mary (1979).
996:Raymond Bonham Carter
962:Maurice Bonham Carter
873:, of Yarnbury in the
809:1945 general election
712:Maurice Bonham-Carter
679:
540:
497:Edwardian social life
424:Sir Winston Churchill
322:Helen Kelsall Melland
297:Raymond Bonham Carter
226:Myocardial infarction
2713:Bonham Carter family
2529:Violet Bonham Carter
2397:Third Home Rule Bill
2247:Margaret Wintringham
2162:UK National Archives
2133:University of Oxford
1493:Clementine Churchill
1351:. 1908. p. 210.
1000:Helena Bonham Carter
839:, her son Mark, and
831:she was appointed a
736:who adhered more to
648:Clementine Churchill
561:Violet was close to
543:Mrs. Raymond Asquith
450:, and later sent to
428:Helena Bonham Carter
337:Helena Bonham Carter
191:Helen Violet Asquith
146:Margaret Wintringham
37:The Right Honourable
2587:Cultural depictions
2230:Viscountess Cowdray
2027:on 14 December 2008
1616:Edel, Leon (1977).
1524:(15): 171 note 29.
789:Neville Chamberlain
628:Louis of Battenberg
551:Lady Violet Manners
135:Viscountess Cowdray
2595:Edward the Seventh
2426:Gallipoli campaign
2319:
2000:The London Gazette
1980:The London Gazette
1838:. 13 January 1956.
1172:Book Review Digest
700:Gallipoli campaign
682:
502:Presented at court
2768:British feminists
2675:
2674:
2567:(daughter-in-law)
2565:Katharine Asquith
2561:(daughter-in-law)
2541:Elizabeth Bibesco
2325:General elections
2253:
2252:
2244:Succeeded by
2217:Succeeded by
2142:'s 2007 history,
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2094:Young Titan
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1975:"No. 39863"
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