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| Full name | Jocelyn Henry Bonham-Carter | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 January 1904 Bromley, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 September 1985 (aged 81) High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1927/28 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,19 May 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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]