Ashley Ponsonby
The Hon. Ashley George John Ponsonby DL, JP (24 June 1831 – 12 January 1898), was a British Liberal politician.
Background
Ponsonby was a younger son of William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley, third son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough. His mother was Lady Barbara, daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury.
Political and military career
Ponsonby sat as Member of Parliament for Cirencester between 1852 and 1857 and again between 1859 and 1865. He was also a Captain in the Grenadier Guards and a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
Family
Ponsonby married Louisa Frances Charlotte, daughter of Lord Henry Gordon, in 1857. They had two sons and one daughter. He died in January 1898, aged 66. His wife died in February 1910.
He lived at Prince's Gardens in London and at Heatherfield in Ascot, Berkshire, now Heatherwood Hospital.
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ashley Ponsonby
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Cirencester 1852–1857 With: Joseph Randolph Mullings |
Succeeded by Joseph Randolph Mullings Allen Bathurst |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Cirencester 1859–1865 With: Allen Bathurst |
Succeeded by Allen Bathurst Hon. Ralph Heneage Dutton |
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- 1831 births
- 1898 deaths
- Younger sons of barons
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1852–57
- UK MPs 1859–65
- Liberal Party (UK) MPs
- Grenadier Guards officers
- Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire
- Members of London County Council
- Progressive Party (London) politicians
