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Charles Ponsonby
Charles Ponsonby may refer to: * Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley (1815–1896), British peer and Liberal politician * Sir Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Edward Ponsonby, 1st Baronet (2 September 1879 – 28 January 1976), was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1935 to 1950. Background A member of the prominent Ponsonby family, he was the son of th ... (1879–1966), British Conservative politician, grandson of the 2nd Baron de Mauley * Sir Charles Ponsonby, 3rd Baronet (born 1951), grandson of the 1st Baronet {{hndis, Ponsonby, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron De Mauley
Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley (12 September 1815 – 24 August 1896), was a British peer and Liberal politician. Biography Ponsonby was the son of the first Lord de Mauley, the third son of the third Earl of Bessborough, and Lady Barbara Ashley-Cooper, only child and heiress of the fifth Earl of Shaftesbury. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge. On 9 August 1838, he married his second cousin, Lady Maria Ponsonby, a daughter of John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough; they had 10 children: * Alice Barbara Maria (1840–1846) * Emily Priscilla Maria (1841–1926), married Rev. Charles Ogilvy * William Ashley Webb (1843–1918) * George (1844–1845) * Maurice John George (1846–1945), married Hon. Madeleine Hanbury-Tracy * Frederick John William (1847–1933), married Margaret Howard (a great-granddaughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle) * Mary Alice (1849–?) * Edwin Charles William (1851–1939), married (1) Emily Coope, (2) Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Edward Ponsonby, 1st Baronet (2 September 1879 – 28 January 1976), was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1935 to 1950. Background A member of the prominent Ponsonby family, he was the son of the Hon. Edwin Charles William Ponsonby (1851–1939), fifth son of Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley, and Emily Dora Coope (1859–1897). He played cricket for Oxfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1900 to 1903. Career Ponsonby was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks at the by-election there in 1935. He held the seat until the 1950 general election. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achi ... from 1941 to 1945. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |