BONER, CHARLES (_only son of Charles Boner of Bath, who d. 14 Aug. 1833 aged 74_). _b._ Weston near Bath 29 April 1815; ed. at Bath and Tiverton; lived with John Constable the painter as tutor to his sons 1831–37; lived with Prince Thurn und Taxis at St. Emeran, Ratisbon as tutor 1840–60; settled at Munich, March 1860; corresponded with Mary Russell Mitford 1845–55; special correspondent to _Daily News_ at Vienna Aug. 1865 to Aug. 1866; author of _Chamois hunting_ 1853, _new ed._ 1860; _The new dance of death and other poems_ 1857; _Transylvania its products and its people_ 1865 and other books. _d._ 5 Louisen Strasse, Munich 7 April 1870. _Memoirs and letters of C. Boner, edited by R. M. Kettle 2 vols._ 1871. BONHAM, EDWARD WALTER (_2 son of Henry Bonham of Titness park, Berkshire, M.P. for Rye who d. 9 April 1830_). _b._ 24 Nov. 1809; consul at Tabreez, Persia 11 May 1837; transferred to Calais 2 Feb. 1846, and to Naples 14 Jany. 1859; consul general at Naples 5 May 1862 to 5 April 1872 when he retired on a compensation allowance; C.B. 13 Oct. 1865. _d._ the British consulate Boulogne 15 March 1886. BONHAM, HENRY FREDERIC (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 2 June 1808; ed. at the Charterhouse; Cornet 10 Hussars 22 May 1829, lieut. col. 28 April 1846 to 27 Feb. 1852 when placed on h.p.; appointed to the Brighton and Canterbury cavalry depôt June 1854. _d._ 28 Brunswick sq. Hove, Brighton 16 Feb. 1856. BONHAM, PINSON (_eld. son of Samuel Bonham of Great Warley place, Essex who d. 25 Jany. 1821_). Clerk in Court of Chancery 10 years; ensign 60 Foot 24 April 1789; served in West Indies 22 years; deputy quartermaster general 10 years; governor of Surinam or Dutch Guiana to 1814 when colony was surrendered to the Dutch; major 69 Foot 30 March 1797 to 1814, general 10 Jany. 1837. _d._ Great Warley, Essex 19 April 1855 aged 92. BONHAM, SIR SAMUEL GEORGE, 1 Baronet (_only son of George Bonham, captain H.E.I. Co.’s navy who d. 1810_). _b._ Faversham, Kent 7 Sep. 1803; governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca 1837–47; chief superintendent of British trade in China, and governor and commander in chief of Hong Kong 27 Nov. 1847 to 24 Dec. 1853; C.B. 27 April 1848, K.C.B. 22 Nov. 1850; created baronet 27 Nov. 1852. _d._ Paddington, London 8 Oct. 1863. _The Chinese Repository vols. xvii-xx._ BONHAM-CARTER JOHN (_son of John Carter of Petersfield, M.P. for Portsmouth who assumed additional name of Bonham_). _b._ 13 Oct. 1817; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; M.P. for Winchester 1847–74; a lord of the Treasury 1866–68; chairman of committees of House of Commons 1872–74. _d._ Adhurst St. Mary’s, Petersfield 26 Nov. 1884. _I.L.N. lx_, 601, 607 (1872), _portrait_.