{{short description|English cricketer and Royal Navy officer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{British barrelled name|Bonham Carter|Carter}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Philip Herman Bonham-Carter | birth_date = 12 November 1891 | birth_place = Karachi, Bombay Presidency,<br>British India | death_date = {{Death date and age|1934|1|7|1891|11|12|df=yes}} | death_place = Hampstead, Middlesex, England | nickname = | family = William Wathen (grandfather)<br />George Norman (great-grandfather)<br />Maurice Bonham-Carter (uncle) | batting = Unknown | bowling = | role = | club1 = | year1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 35 | bat avg1 = 5.83 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 16 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 27 May | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9849.html Cricinfo }}
'''Philip Herman Bonham-Carter''' (12 November 1891 – 7 January 1934) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
==Life and naval career== Born at Karachi in British India, a member of the prominent Bonham Carter family, he was son of Herman Bonham-Carter and his wife, Margaret Louisa Wathen. Enlisting in the Royal Navy, Bonham-Carter was promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant in January 1912,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28581|date=16 February 1912|page=1173}}</ref> with promotion to the rank of lieutenant coming in June 1913.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28733|date=1 July 1913|page=4641}}</ref> He served during the First World War, eventually reaching the rank of lieutenant commander. A physically strong and deeply religious man, he was known during his naval service as "Bonham the Good".<ref>{{cite book |title=From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow |first=Arthur J. |last=Marder |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2014 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eAFtBQAAQBAJ |isbn=978-1848322035 |language=en}}</ref> Bonham-Carter played first-class cricket for the Royal Navy, debuting against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1919.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27994/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Philip Bonham-Carter |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-05-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He played two further first-class matches for the Royal Navy, against the Army at Lord's in 1921 and the Marylebone Cricket Club at Chatham in 1929.<ref name="FCM"/> Across his three appearances, he scored a total of 35 runs with a high score of 16.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27994/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Philip Bonham-Carter |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-05-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
He died at Hampstead in January 1934. His uncle, Maurice Bonham-Carter, was a senior naval officer and first-class cricketer, while his grandfather, William Wathen, and great-grandfather, George Norman, both played first-class cricket.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=9849}}
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