Edgar Bonham-Carter

Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter (2 April 1870 – 24 April 1956) was a British barrister and administrator in Sudan and Iraq. In his younger days he was a rugby player of some note and represented England at international level.

Early life and rugby career Bonham-Carter was born in London on 2 April 1870, into the prominent Bonham Carter family, the son of the businessman and lawyer Henry Bonham Carter and his wife Sibella Charlotte (née Norman). He was educated at Clifton College and New College, Oxford, where he took second class honours in jurisprudence in 1892. While at Oxford Bonham-Carter played rugby union for the University team and won two sporting "Blues" in 1890 and 1891. While still at Oxford he was selected to play for the England national team, in the 1891 Home Nations Championship, against Scotland. This was his only international appearance, but he continued playing rugby after leaving university, joining Blackheath, before turning out for invitational tourists the Barbarians in 1892.

Service in Sudan and Iraq Bonham-Carter was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1895 and in 1899 was appointed Legal Secretary of the Sudan.

Bonham-Carter was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1909, Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1919, and Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1920 New Year Honours for his work in Iraq. He was also awarded the Ottoman Order of Osmanieh, third class, by the Khedive of Egypt in 1902, and the Egyptian Order of the Nile 1st Class in 1916.

He died in Alton, Hampshire on 24 April 1956.

Bonham-Carter's brothers included General Sir Charles Bonham Carter and the politician Sir Maurice Bonham Carter, who was the grandfather of the actress Helena Bonham Carter.