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Ashley Ponsonby

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Ashley Ponsonby
Member of Parliament for Cirencester
In office
1852–1857
1859-1865
Personal details
Born(1831-06-24)24 June 1831
Died12 January 1898(1898-01-12) (aged 66)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Louisa Gordon
(m. 1857)
Children3
Parent
RelativesCharles Ponsonby (brother)
Frederick Ponsonby (grandfather)
Anthony Ashley-Cooper (grandfather)

The Hon. Ashley George John Ponsonby, DL, JP (24 June 1831 – 12 January 1898), was a British Liberal politician.

Background

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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 Ashley-Cooper, daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury.

Political and military career

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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

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Ponsonby married Louisa Frances Charlotte Gordon, 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

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cirencester
1852–1857
With: Joseph Mullings
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cirencester
1859–1865
With: Allen Bathurst
Succeeded by