Sir Charles Edward Ponsonby, TD

1879 - 1976  (96 years)

• Name	Charles Edward Ponsonby
  Title	Sir
  Suffix	TD
  Birth	2 Sep 1879	Grosvenor Street, Westminster, London
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1952	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  	Age: 73
  Death	28 Jan 1976	England
  Burial	Wootton, Oxfordshire
  Notes	1st Baronet (created 1956). 1st son of Hon. Edwin Charles William Ponsonby (born 1851), for whom see 'The Ponsonby Family', by Sir John Ponsonby (1929), and de Mauley in 'Burke's Peerage', by his 1st wife Emily Dora (died 1897), daughter of Octavius E. Coope, MP. Born in Grosvenor Street, Westminster. Educated at Eton College 1893-8, matric: Oxford (Balliol College), 1898, BA 1901. Admitted a solicitor 1904. Joined West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry 1910 - subsequently The 97th (Kent Yeo.) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Territorial Army - Lieut. April 1914; Capt. 1917; Major 1920; Lieut-Col. 1930. Served in the Great War in Gallipoli and Egypt with West Kent (Q.O.) Yeomanry which became, January 1917-June 1919, the 10th (Yeo.) Battalion of The Buffs, with whom he served in Palestine and France. Temporary Lieut-Col. 1919 (?Jan). Croix de Guerre (avec palme), May, 1918. British War Medal; Allies' (Victory) Medal. Territorial Decoration 1925. Managing Director of British Central Africa, Ld., 1922-32; Director of The Uganda Co., Ld.; On the Council of the Joint East African Board, the Africa Society, etc.; Dep. Chairman of the East African section of London Chamber of Commerce. Hon. Member of the House Committee of the London Hospital. In Masonry, Past Provincial Guard Swordbearer of Oxfordshire. Lieut-Col. and Brevet Col. 97th (Kent Yeo.) Field Brig. R.A. 1930-36, and Hon. Col. 297th (Kent Yeo.) Light Anti-Aircraft Regt. RA 1942-9; Deputy Leiutenant for Oxon; appointed Parliamentary Private Sec. to Sec. of State for War 1940, and to Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs 1941. Chairman of Council of Royal Commonwealth Society 1954-57; President of Royal African Society 1963-70; MP for Sevenoaks Division of Kent (C) July 1935-February 1950. Author of West Kent (QO) 'Yeomanry 1914-19; Woodstock, the History of an Oxfordshire Parish, 1946; 'Wootton, The Anatomy of an Oxfordshire Village, 1968'; and 'Ponsonby Remembers'. Awarded medal of Royal Society of Arts for a paper on Nyasaland, 1914.
  Person ID	I1904	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Edwin Charles William Ponsonby, Hon,   b. 13 Oct 1851, England d. 15 Oct 1939, England (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Emily Dora Coope   d. 28 Jan 1976
  Family ID	F865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Mother	Emily Dora Ponsonby,   b. England d. 3 Oct 1897, England
  Family ID	F868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	The Hon. Winifred Marian Gibbs, JP,   b. 29 Mar 1886, 34 York Terrace, St Marylebone, Middlesex d. 11 Mar 1984, Garrett's House, Woodstock (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	23 Jul 1912	Hunsdon, Hertfordshire
  Children	1. Priscilla Dora Ponsonby,   b. 1913, 9 Portman Square, St. Marylebone, London d. 2000 (Age 87 years) + 2. Diana Mary Ponsonby,   b. 8 Apr 1916, 9 Portman Square, St. Marylebone, London d. 25 Mar 2006, Framlingham, Suffolk (Age 89 years)   3. Lavinia Rosalind Ponsonby,   b. 28 Jul 1919, 9 Portman Square, St. Marylebone, London d. 21 Feb 2005, Chichester, Sussex (Age 85 years) + 4. Sir Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby, 2Bt. KCVO, MC, DL,   b. 21 Feb 1921, 2 Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone, London d. 15 Jun 2010, Grim's Dyke Farm, Woodleys, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1HJ (Age 89 years) + 5. Juliet Barbara Anna Ponsonby,   b. 1923, 2 Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone, London d. 21 Nov 2019 (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

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  Birth - 2 Sep 1879 - Grosvenor Street, Westminster, London Marriage - 23 Jul 1912 - Hunsdon, Hertfordshire Arrival - Age: 73 - 1952 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Death - 28 Jan 1976 - England Burial - - Wootton, Oxfordshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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