Stuart Sumner Bonham-Carter

Vice-Admiral Stuart Sumner Bonham-Carter, C.V.O., D.S.O., C.B., Royal Navy (9 July, 1889 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Bonham-Carter was born in Portsmouth.

Bonham-Carter was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1911.

Great War

On 12 October, 1914, Bonham-Carter was appointed to the battleship Emperor of India, in which his duties eventually found him a turret officer, as Captain Royds was to remark that the young Lieutenant was good at the job. He left the ship on 13 February, 1918.

Bonham-Carter was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the destroyer Shark on 8 June, 1918, remaining in command until 4 April, 1919.

Post-War

Bonham-Carter was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1919.

He was appointed in command of the minesweeper Petersfield on 11 November, 1919.

Bonham-Carter was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1921.

He was appointed as executive officer in Delhi on 7 August, 1922 and remained in her until 6 January, 1925.

Bonham-Carter was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1927.

On 11 January, 1929, Bonham-Carter was appointed in command of the light cruiser Calcutta, to be Flag Captain to Rear Admiral Burmester upon his hoisting his flag in her, which he did in February. Bonham-Carter was superseded in Calcutta on 24 April, 1931.

On 22 March, 1933, he married the widow Eva Robertson Lloyd.

Bonham-Carter was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 January, 1939.

World War II

Bonham-Carter was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding, Eighteenth Cruiser Squadron in early 1942. He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 June, 1942 and re-appointed in command of 18 C.S.. When he lowered his flag in September, the formation ceased to exist.

At the end of 1942, he suffered a hospitalisation due to sciatica. He was declared fit for general service in August, 1943.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Rupert S. Gwatkin-Williams	Captain of H.M.S. Intrepid ? – 24 Apr, 1918	Succeeded by Vessel Lost
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Shark 8 Jun, 1918 – 4 Apr, 1919	Succeeded by Eric Q. Carter
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Petersfield 11 Nov, 1919 – 1 Jun, 1921	Succeeded by Cecil N. Reyne
Preceded by Alfred E. Evans	Captain of H.M.S. Calcutta 11 Jan, 1929 – 24 Apr, 1931	Succeeded by Arthur W. Brooks
Preceded by Harold G. C. Franklin	Assistant Director of Naval Equipment 14 Mar, 1932 – 14 Mar, 1936	Succeeded by Martin J. C. de Meric
Preceded by Hugh T. England	Captain of H.M.S. Sussex 18 Jul, 1934 – 12 Apr, 1937	Succeeded by H. Evelyn C. Blagrove
Preceded by John C. Tovey	Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham 1 Jul, 1937 – 1 Mar, 1939	Succeeded by Robert L. Burnett
Preceded by William J. Whitworth	Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty 1 May, 1939 – 27 Sep, 1939	Succeeded by Edward N. Syfret
Preceded by Lancelot E. Holland	Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Third Battle Squadron 1 Jan, 1940 – 30 Sep, 1941	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Edward N. Syfret as Rear-Admiral Commanding, Eighteenth Cruiser Squadron	Vice-Admiral Commanding, Eighteenth Cruiser Squadron early 1942 – Sep, 1942	Succeeded by Formation Abolished
Preceded by Sir Ralph Leatham	Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard Dec, 1942 – 7 May, 1943	Succeeded by Arthur J. Power