Laura Miranda Grimond

Laura Miranda Grimond, Baroness Grimond (née Bonham-Carter), was born on 13 October 1918 in Marylebone, London. She belonged to the Bonham Carter family; her father was Sir Maurice Bonham Carter, and her mother was Violet Asquith, a politician. Her paternal grandfather was H. H. Asquith, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

She had siblings, including Mark Bonham Carter, who was a Liberal politician and the victorious candidate in the 1958 Torrington by-election, and Raymond Bonham Carter, who was the father of actress Helena Bonham Carter.

In 1938, she married Jo Grimond, a British Liberal Party politician and leader of the Liberal Party. The marriage took place at St Margaret's, Westminster. The couple had four children:

- Joseph Andrew Grimond (born 26 March 1939, died 23 March 1966), who was a sub-editor of The Scotsman in Edinburgh and died by suicide at age 26.

- Grizelda "Gelda" Jane Grimond (1942–2017), who had a daughter named Katherine in 1973 with film and stage director Tony Richardson.

- John (Jasper) Grimond (born October 1946), a former foreign editor of The Economist, known as Johnny Grimond, and currently a writer at large for The Economist. He married Kate Fleming in 1973, and they have three children.

- Magnus Grimond (born 13 June 1959), a journalist and financial correspondent married to travel author Laura Grimond (née Raison). They have four children.

In her political career, Laura Grimond was the Liberal candidate for the West Aberdeenshire division in the 1970 General Election. West Aberdeenshire had been a Liberal gain from the Conservatives in the previous election, but the seat was contested by a Scottish National Party candidate in 1970. The Conservative Party's endorsement of her by name was notable, referencing "the Asquith ideal," which called for more Liberal Members of Parliament. Despite her candidacy, the Conservatives regained the seat, and she was defeated by over 5,000 votes. She did not stand for parliament again.

She remained active in the Liberal Party at the national level, serving as President of the Women's Liberal Federation from 1983 to 1985. During the mid-1980s, she appeared three times as a party spokesperson on BBC's Question Time.

Locally, in Orkney, she served as a councillor for Firth & Harray and was the chairman of the Orkney Islands Council's Housing Committee.

In 1968, Grimond was a co-founder of the Orkney Heritage Society.

Laura Grimond passed away on 15 February 1994.