Ponsonby

Ponsonby may refer to:

Surname:

  • Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871–1946), British politician, writer, and social activist
  • Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough (1912–2002), British peer
  • Ashley Ponsonby DL, JP (1831–1898), British Liberal politician
  • Bernard Ponsonby, Scottish broadcast journalist
  • Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough (1679–1758), British politician and peer
  • Lady Caroline Ponsonby (1785–1828), married name Lady Caroline Lamb, novelist and the lover of Lord Byron
  • Cecil Ponsonby (1889–1945), English cricketer, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper
  • Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby (1720–1762), Irish Member of Parliament
  • Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker (1762–1834), Irish Member of Parliament
  • Sir Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet (1879–1976), British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament 1935–1950
  • Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley of Canford (1815–1896), British peer and Liberal politician
  • Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough, KP, CB, CVO (1851–1920), British peer
  • Frederick Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough (1913–1993), British diplomat, businessman, playwright, Conservative politician and peer
  • Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby GCB GCVO PC (1867–1935), British soldier and courtier
  • Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (1758–1844), British peer
  • Frederick Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (born 1958), British peer and Labour politician
  • Frederick Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough (1815–1895), a founder of Surrey County Cricket Club and I Zingari
  • Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby (1867–1935), British politician
  • Major-General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1783–1837), British military officer
  • Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon (born 1974), British courtesy viscount
  • George Ponsonby (Junior Lord of the Treasury) (1773–1863), Irish politician
  • George Ponsonby (1755–1817), Lord Chancellor of Ireland
  • Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (1761–1821), wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, mother of Lady Caroline Lamb
  • Henry Ponsonby (died 1745) (1685–1745), Irish soldier
  • Sir Henry Ponsonby (1825–1895), Private Secretary to Queen Victoria
  • Joe Ponsonby (1876 – unknown), Irish footballer
  • John Ponsonby (British Army officer) (1866–1952), commanded 5th Division during World War I
  • Hon. John Ponsonby (politician) (1713–1789), Speaker of the Irish House of Commons
  • John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (1781–1847), British politician and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
  • John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough (1809–1880), British peer and politician
  • John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby of Imokilly, (c.1772–1855), British diplomat
  • John Maurice Maynard Ponsonby, Air Vice-Marshal
  • Loelia Ponsonby (married name Loelia Lindsay) (1902–1993), British peeress, needlewoman and magazine editor
  • Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough (born 1941), British peer
  • Myles Ponsonby CBE (1924–1999), British soldier, intelligence officer, diplomat and politician
  • The Rt. Rev. Richard Ponsonby (1722–1815), Bishop of Derry and Raphoe
  • Roberte Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (1892–1979), the daughter of Baron Jean de Neuflize, CVO
  • Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley (born 1957), British peer
  • Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett or Rowland Blennerhassett (Irish politician) KC, JP (1850–1913), Irish politician
  • Thomas Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1930–1990), British Labour Party politician
  • Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880–1956), British Conservative Party politician, Governor General of Canada
  • Walter Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough (1821–1906), British peer and member of the House of Lords
  • William Ponsonby (British Army officer) KCB (1772–1815), Irish politician and British Army officer killed at the Battle of Waterloo
  • William Ponsonby (publisher) (died 1604), London publisher of the Elizabethan era
  • William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly (1744–1806), leading Whig politician
  • Major-General Sir William Ponsonby (general) (1772–1815), British cavalry commander killed at Waterloo
  • William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley (1787–1855), British peer and Whig politician
  • William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, 2nd Earl of Bessborough PC PC (I) (1704–1793), British politician and public servant

Noble titles:

  • Earl of Bessborough
  • Viscount and Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly
  • Baron de Mauley
  • Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
  • Baron Sysonby

Given name:

  • Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda, 11th Earl of Drogheda KG, KBE (1910–1989), British peer
  • Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (born 1937), British photographer known professionally as Derry Moore
  • Maurice Arthur Ponsonby Wood (1916–2007), Anglican bishop in the Evangelical tradition
  • Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon (born 1953), British landowner, businessman and philanthropist
  • Ponsonby Ogle (1855–1902), British writer and journalist
  • Robert Ponsonby Staples (1853–1943), 11th Baronet of Lissan House near Cookstown in Co. Tyrone
  • Robert Ponsonby Tottenham Loftus, Irish Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 19th century
  • Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett (1850–1913), Irish politician
  • Stephen Ponsonby Peacocke (1813–1872), British officer of the Bombay Army and an artist

Places:

  • Ponsonby, Cumbria, England
  • Ponsonby Fell, hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Gosforth, Cumbria
  • Ponsonby, New Zealand
  • Ponsonby (New Zealand electorate), parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand from 1887 to 1890 and from 1946 to 1963
  • Ponsonby, Quebec, Canada – renamed to Boileau in 1993
  • Ponsonby, Ontario, ghost town in Ontario, Canada

Other:

  • Reginald Ponsonby-Smythe, Commander of Majestic-16 in Destroy All Humans! 2
  • Ponsonby (soccer), former New Zealand football club, now amalgamated to form Mount Albert-Ponsonby
  • Ponsonby Ponies, rugby league club based in Ponsonby, New Zealand
  • Ponsonby RFC, rugby union club based in Auckand, New Zealand
  • Mr Ponsonby, the fourth novel by New Zealand author Ian Middleton
  • Ponsonby Britt, the fictional executive producer of TV series including The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
  • Ponsonby Rule, constitutional convention in the UK constitutional law involving 21 days' notice for international treaties