Violet Part III

World War One affected the LIberals badly. Asquith was not the most effective wartime leader, and he was ousted by Lloyd George. At the end of the war the liberal party split, and Violet was loyal to her father. She never held a seat in Parliament herself but she was involved in politics all her life. She and her husband Maurice Bonham Carter had 2 sons and 2 daughters... VIolet was not unsympathetic to Labour but she remained a faithful liberal. She was anti appeasement.... and she and Winston Churchill were close friends..... She fought for many good causes, and was also interested in the arts; her brother Antony was a film director... and her sister Elizabeth was a novelist. Her grand daughter Helena Bonham Carter is a well known actress. She died in 1969 of heart trouble.