His elder siblings were Cressida Ridley, Laura Grimond and Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter.
[3] At various times, he held senior posts with the Bank of England (1958–1963), the International Monetary Fund (1961–1963), Warburgs (1963–1977), and the Department of Industry (1977–1979).
[3] In 1958, he married Elena Propper de Callejón,[2] daughter of Spanish diplomat Eduardo Propper de Callejón (1895–1972) and his Franco-Austrian Jewish wife, Hélène Fould-Springer.
Together, they had three children: In 1979, he was diagnosed with a brain tumour, which was removed by surgery, but left him quadriplegic and partially blind.
[6] Bonham Carter died on 17 January 2004 and was buried at St. John the Baptist Church in Stockton, Wiltshire.