Bonham baronets
Escutcheon of the Bonham baronets of Malmesbury
Creation date	1852 [1]
Status	extant [2]
Motto	Esse quam videri , To be, rather than to seem to be [1]

The Bonham Baronetcy , of Malmesbury in the County of Wiltshire is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . It was created on 27 November 1852 for the colonial administrator George Bonham . ^[3] He was Governor of Hong Kong from 1848 to 1854.

He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a diplomat and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Serbia between 1900 and 1903 and to Switzerland between 1905 and 1909. His eldest surviving son, the third Baronet, was a Major in the Scots Greys and also held several offices within the Royal Household. His son, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded in 1937, was also a Major in the Scots Greys and served as a deputy lieutenant of Gloucestershire . He died in 2009 and was succeeded by his eldest son, who currently serves as Clerk to the Worshipful Company of Firefighters .

Bonham, of Malmesbury, baronets (1852) [ edit ]

• Sir Samuel George Bonham , KCB , 1st Baronet (1803?1863)
• Sir George Francis Bonham, 2nd Baronet (1847?1927) ^[4]
• Sir Eric Henry Bonham, CVO , 3rd Baronet (1875?1937) ^[5]
• Sir Antony Lionel Thomas Bonham, 4th Baronet (1916?2009) ^[6]
• Sir George Martin Anthony Bonham, 5th Baronet (born 1945) ^[7]

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Michael Francis Bonham (born 1980), only son of the 5th Baronet. ^[7]

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