George Francis Bonham


Sir George Bonham, 2nd Baronet was a British diplomat, ambassador to Serbia and Switzerland.

Career

George Francis Bonham was educated at Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford. He succeeded to the baronetcy at the age of 16 on the death of his father, the 1st baronet. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1869 and served at the embassies in St Petersburg, Vienna, Rome, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris and The Hague. He was Secretary of the Embassy at Madrid 1893–97 and at Rome 1897–1900. He was Minister to Serbia 1900–03 and Minister to the Swiss Confederation 1905–09.