Editing Helena Bonham Carter (section)

===Paternal===
{{see also|Bonham Carter family|Asquith family}}
Bonham Carter's paternal grandparents were British [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal politicians]] Sir [[Maurice Bonham-Carter]] and Lady [[Violet Bonham Carter]]. Sir Maurice was descended̄ from [[John Bonham-Carter (1788–1838)|John Bonham Carter]], Member of Parliament for Portsmouth. Violet was a daughter of [[H.&nbsp;H. Asquith]], 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Prime Minister of Britain 1908–1916. Violet's brother was [[Anthony Asquith]], English director of such films as ''[[Carrington V.C. (film)|Carrington V.C.]]'' and ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (1952 film)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]''  Helena is also a first cousin of the economist [[Adam Ridley]]<ref>L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884–1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages with Genealogies and Arms'' (London: Heraldry Today, 1972), p. 16</ref> and of politician [[Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury|Jane Bonham Carter]].

Bonham Carter is a distant cousin of actor [[Crispin Bonham-Carter]]. Her other prominent distant relatives include [[Lothian Bonham-Carter|Lothian Bonham Carter]], who played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]], his son, Vice Admiral Sir [[Stuart Bonham Carter]], who served in the [[Royal Navy]] in both [[world war]]s, and pioneering English nurse [[Florence Nightingale]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Local Luminaries: Famous People from the Area|publisher=Buriton Heritage Bank|date=June 2001|url=http://www.buriton.org.uk/bhb/infosheet05.htm|access-date=6 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719114600/http://www.buriton.org.uk/bhb/infosheet05.htm|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>