DEATH OF MRS. BONHAM CARTER.—It is our painful duty to record the death of Mrs. Bonham Carter, the wife of J. Bonham Carter, Esq., M.P. This estimable lady, who has been failing in health for some time past, expired on the 15th instant in London, and the sad event cast quite a gloom over the whole neighbourhood as soon as the tidings arrived here. The interment took place, on Tuesday last, in the family vault at Buriton, on which occasion nearly all the shops in the town were partially closed as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased lady, who was universally beloved and in whom the poor especially always found a kind and sympathising friend.
Hampshire Telegraph - Saturday 25 January 1862
PETERSFIELD
Agent—Mr. G.DUPLOCK
‟Only a few brief weeks have elapsed,” says a correspondent, ‟since our town, in common with others through-out the land, wore a funeral aspect, in the almost universal closing of its shops, in token of sorrow for a great loss and profound respect for the memory of the departed:—this was a national affair. We have this week the melancholy duty of chronicling a local event, which has called forth a similar manifestation of feeling in the town. We allude to the lamented death of Mrs. Bonham Carter, wife of J. Bonham Carter, Esq., M.P. for Winchester. The deceased lady was universally and most deservedly esteemed by all classes in the neighbourhood; and in her death the poor have lost a most valuable friend and benefactress. The funeral took place on Tuesday last, at Buriton. There was a large attendance of the hon. gentleman’s tenantry, tradesmen, and others. The burial service was feelingly read by the Rev. J. M. Sumner, and the funeral arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Small, of this town. Almost every shop in Petersfield was partially closed throughout the day.”
Ancestry shows the death of Laura Maria Bonham-Carter, and her burial at Buriton on 21-Jan-1862 aged 37 years. Link to Burial Register. Link to Marriage Register
See also 25-Jan-1862