Holden Bonham

**Holden Bonham** (27 July, 1850 - 11 December, 1908) was an English pure-blood wizard and member of the Bonham family. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1861 to June of 1868. He was a member of Slytherin House.

Holden Bonham married Elisabeth Harper in 1870. They had three children together, Octavia, Sophronia, and Walden. Through his daughter Octavia, who later married Nigellus Brown, he was the maternal grandfather of Wendellin Brown II. Through his son, Walden, who married Lucilia Warrington, he was the paternal grandfather of Horace Bonham and Nigel Bonham.

He was the great-grandfather of Octavius Brown and Augusta Longbottom (née Brown). Through his grandson Horace, he was the paternal great-grandfather of Eloise Fudge (née Bonham), wife of Hardwin Fudge. Through his grandson, Nigel, he was the paternal great-grandfather of Chester Bonham and Delphine Bonham.

He was the second great-grandfather of Arthur and Nigel Brown as well as Frank Longbottom. He was the third great-grandfather of sisters Lavender and Ophelia Brown as well as Neville Longbottom.

## Biography

### Early life

Holden Bonham was born on 27 July, 1850, in Tinworth, Cornwall, England. Tinworth is a half-magical dwelling, with a wizarding community established in secret alongside the Muggle one soon after the signature of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy in the 17th century. According to historian Bathilda Bagshot, Tinworth was one of a handful of villages that were "notable homes to knots of wizarding families who lived alongside tolerant and sometimes Confunded Muggles."

#### Hogwarts years

He received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1861. That same summer, he visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of walnut and dragon heartstring from Ollivander's Wand Shop. He began attending Hogwarts on 1 September, 1861, where he was sorted into Slytherin House.

### Later life

Holden Bonham married Elisabeth Harper in 1870. They had three children together, Octavia, Sophronia, and Walden. Through his daughter Octavia, who later married Nigellus Brown, he was the maternal grandfather of Wendellin Brown II. Through his son, Walden, who married Lucilia Warrington, he was the paternal grandfather of Horace Bonham and Nigel Bonham.

He was the great-grandfather of Octavius Brown and Augusta Longbottom (née Brown). Through his grandson Horace, he was the paternal great-grandfather of Eloise Fudge (née Bonham), wife of Hardwin Fudge. Through his grandson, Nigel, he was the paternal great-grandfather of Chester Bonham and Delphine Bonham.

He was the second great-grandfather of Arthur and Nigel Brown as well as Frank Longbottom. He was the third great-grandfather of sisters Lavender and Ophelia Brown as well as Neville Longbottom.

## Etymology

The name Holden comes from a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "deep valley" in Old English. This is the name of the main character in J. D. Salinger's novel *The Catcher in the Rye* (1951), Holden Caulfield.

Bonham is a surname of English and Welsh origin derived from the French phrase, bon homme, literally meaning "good man".