Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham - Carter of Yarnbury ( born October 20, 1957) is a British politician of the Liberal Democrats.

Life and career

Bonham Carter attended St. Paul 's Girls ' School, an independent school in Brook Green, Hammersmith, London, and studied at University College London, a college of the University of London.

From 1996 to 1998 she was the spokesperson of the Liberal Democrats. 1998-2006 she was a member of the Liberal Democrats Campaigns and Communications Committee.

She worked in television before she was appointed to the Life peer as Baroness Bonham - Carter of Yarnbury, of Yarnbury in the County of Wiltshire in 2004.

Bonham Carter was criticized when it was revealed that she and her partner, Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall an apartment shared, but both were able to effect reimbursement by the House of Lords asserted. Both, however, were not contrary to this legislation.

Since 2004, she is the spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats for Culture, Media and Sport ( Broadcasting and the Arts ). From 2005 to 2007 it belonged to the sub - Committee F ( domestic policy ) in the European Union.

Family

She comes from a political family. Her great-grandfather was Herbert Henry Asquith, the former Prime Minister, and her grandparents were Sir Maurice Bonham Carter and Lady Violet Bonham Carter. Her father Mark Bonham Carter was a member of the House of Commons for the Liberal and life peer for the Liberal Democrats. Her aunt Laura Bonham Carter, Baroness Grimond of Firth was with Joseph Grimond, a former chairman of the party, married.

This is the only example that three generations were appointed under the Life Peereages Act of 1958 to Life Peers.

She is a cousin of actress Helena Bonham Carter.

Title and styling

  • Miss Jane Bonham Carter (October 20, 1957 to July 21, 1986 )
  • The Honourable Jane Bonham Carter (July 21, 1986 to June 23, 2004 )
  • The Right Honourable The Baroness Bonham - Carter of Yarbury, of Yarbury in the County of Wiltshire (23 June 2004 to date )

Swell

  • Jane Bonham Carter in Hansard (English)
  • Thepeerage
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