Jocelyn Bonham-Carter

Jocelyn Henry Bonham-Carter OBE (28 January 1904 – 3 September 1985) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army officer and civil servant.

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]