Sir Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet

This article is about the Conservative MP. For his grandfather, the peer, see Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley.

The Honourable Sir Charles Ponsonby, Bt TD DL
Member of Parliament for Sevenoaks
In office 20 July 1935 – 23 February 1950
Preceded by	Sir Hilton Young
Succeeded by	Sir John Rodgers
Personal details
Born	Charles Edward Ponsonby 2 September 1879
Died	28 January 1976(1976-01-28) (aged 96)
Political party	Conservative

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 from 1941 to 1945.

He was Honorary Colonel of the Kent Yeomanry from 1942 to 1949. He was created a baronet, of Wootton, in 1956.

Private life

Ponsonby married Hon. Winifred Marian Gibbs, daughter of Herbert Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon, and Anna Maria Durant, on 23 July 1912. They had four daughters and a son who succeeded to the baronetcy.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Charles Ponsonby