| Lothian Bonham-Carter | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Lothian George Bonham-Carter |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1858 |
| Birth Place: | Adhurst St Mary, Hampshire, England |
| Death Place: | Buriton, Hampshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Unknown-arm roundarm slow |
| Family: | Stuart Bonham Carter (son) Anthony Abdy (brother-in-law) |
| Club1: | Hampshire |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 8 |
| Runs1: | 260 |
| Bat Avg1: | 17.33 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/2 |
| Top Score1: | 67 |
| Deliveries1: | 108 |
| Wickets1: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 31.50 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/22 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/– |
| Date: | 21 July |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9147.html Cricinfo |
Lothian George Bonham-Carter (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. 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, before resigning his commission in June 1880. 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;[2] 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.[3] 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] [4] As a brewer, he was a managing director of the Brickwood brewery in Portsmouth,[5] having previously assisted his family with their running of the Spicer brewery.[6] He was also a justice of the peace and a former chairman of the East Hampshire Conservative Association.[4] 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.[4] Bonham-Carter died in January 1927, following a short illness at his Buriton House residence in Buriton, Hampshire.[4] [7] His estate passed to his eldest son, Algernon, with parts of it being sold to the Forestry Commission to cover death duties.