George Francis Bonham

A letter from Sir George Bonham to Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln, 1906

Sir George Bonham, 2nd Baronet (28 August 1847 – 31 July 1927), was a British diplomat, ambassador to Serbia and Switzerland.

Career

George Francis Bonham was educated at Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford. He succeeded to the baronetcy at the age of 16 on the death of his father, the 1st baronet. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1869 and served at the embassies in St Petersburg, Vienna, Rome, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris and The Hague. He was Secretary of the Embassy at Madrid 1893–1897[1] and at Rome 1897–1900.[2] He was Minister to Serbia 1900–1903[3] and Minister to the Swiss Confederation 1905–1909.[4]

Family

Bonham was succeeded by his son, Eric Henry Bonham (1875–1937). His eldest daughter Edith Florence Bonham married in March 1903 Evelyn Mountstuart Grant Duff, son of Sir Mountsuart Grant Duff.[5]

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Edward Goschen	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Serbia 1900–1903	Succeeded by James Beethom Whitehead
Preceded by Sir Conyngham Greene	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation 1905–1909	Succeeded by Henry Bax-Ironside
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Bonham	Baronet (of Malmesbury) 1863–1927	Succeeded by Eric Henry Bonham

References

• BONHAM, Sir George (Francis), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 28 May 2012

1. The London Gazette, 28 July 1893
2. The London Gazette, 13 August 1897
3. The London Gazette, 25 May 1900
4. The London Gazette, 12 January 1906
5. "Marriages". The Times. No. 36103. London. 30 March 1900. p. 1.