Henry Bonham (other)
Henry Bonham may refer to: * Henry Bonham (cricketer) (1749–1800), English cricketer who played for Hampshire * Henry Bonham (politician) (1765–1830), English politician, MP for Leominster 1806–12, Sandwich 1824–26, Rye 1826–30 See also * Bonham (surname) Bonham is a surname of English and Welsh origin derived from the French phrase, ''bon homme'', literally meaning "good man".Ch. W. E. Bardsley, ''A Dictionary of English and Welsh surnames'' (1901), p. 117. Notable people having this surname inclu ...

Henry Bonham (cricketer)
Henry Bonham (1749–1800) was an English landowner and cricket lover. He played one game for Hampshire when their matches were organised by the Hambledon Club. He was born to John Bonham of Petersfield, Hampshire, one of a family of two boys and two girls. The Bonhams were a well-known and well-to-do Hampshire family. Henry bought the Buriton estate in 1798 from Lord Stawell, who had previously acquired it from the historian Edward Gibbon. He was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1794–95. He was very fond of cricket and belonged to the Hambledon Club, the forerunner of Hampshire Cricket Club, where he was Steward six times and also Secretary. Bonham played one first-class match in 1778 as a gentleman amateur against Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. . ...
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Henry Bonham (politician)
Henry Bonham (31 July 1765 – 9 April 1830) was an English merchant and Member of Parliament. Life Bonham was born on 31 July 1765, the third son of Samuel Bonham, a London merchant and shipowner, and Sarah, . He followed his father into the London business community, and by 1793 was a merchant and insurance broker. He became a director of the East India Dock Company in 1803, and by 1812 owned nine ships engaged in East Indian commerce. Bonham's younger brother George, a captain in the East India Company's service, was lost in 1810 when commanding the during a gale in the China Sea. Standing for Parliament on a number of occasions, in 1802 Bonham unsuccessfully contested Newark. He was then a Member of Parliament (MP) for Leominster from 1806 to 1812, for Sandwich from 1824 to 1826, and for Rye from 1826 until he resigned his seat in March 1830, shortly before his death in April 1830. Bonham was not closely aligned to a political party, and stated on his nomination for San ...
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