E. M. Delafield’s family background: the Bonhams

The Bonhams are the family of E. M. Delafield’s mother Betty. A series of merchants, traders, politicians, soldiers and sailors, they exemplify the growth and influence of the middle classes from the seventeenth century in England. The family line can be traced definitively back to Captain Samuel Bonham (1677-1745). Before that the family’s origins are uncertain. This post is indebted to the family history of the Bonhams that Andrew George has made available on Ancestry (you’ll need an Ancestry ...