Raymond Bonham Carter (19 June 1929 – 17 January 2004) was a leading British banker, and a member of a distinguished British theatrical and political family.
His mother was Violet Bonham Carter, a British political activist and daughter of the Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, and his father was Maurice Bonham Carter, a politician and cricketer. He married Elena Propper de Callejón in 1958, daughter of Spanish diplomat Eduardo Propper de Callejón (18...
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Raymond Bonham Carter (19 June 1929 – 17 January 2004) was a leading British banker, and a member of a distinguished British theatrical and political family.
His mother was Violet Bonham Carter, a British political activist and daughter of the Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, and his father was Maurice Bonham Carter, a politician and cricketer. He married Elena Propper de Callejón in 1958, daughter of Spanish diplomat Eduardo Propper de Callejón (1895-1972) and his Austrian-French-Jewish wife Helene Fould-Springer. He had a daughter, Helena Bonham Carter, a famous actress, and two sons, including Edward Bonham Carter.
He was educated first at St. Ronan's School, Hawkhurst and then went on to Winchester and Oxford graduating in 1952. He then went to Harvard.
At various times he held senior posts with the Bank of England (1958 - 1963), the International Monetary Fund (1961 - 1963), Warburgs (1963 - 1977), and the Department of Industry (1977 - 1979).
In 1979 he had a brain tumour which was...
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