Sir Charles Edward Ponsonby, 1st Baronet DL (2 September 1879 – 28 January 1976), was a British

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politician who sat in the

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from 1935 to 1950. A member of the prominent Ponsonby family, he was the son of the Hon. Edwin Charles William Ponsonby, fifth son of

Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley (12 September 1815 – 24 August 1896), was a British peer and Liberal politician. Ponsonby was the son of the first Lord de Mauley, the third son of the third Earl of Bessborough, an ...

, and Emily Dora Coope.The peerage.com
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for

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in the

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from 1900 to 1903. Ponsonby was elected

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(MP) for

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at the by-election there in 1935. He held the seat until the 1950 general election. He served as

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to the

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Anthony Eden Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achieving rapid promo ...

from 1941 to 1945. He was honorary Colonel of the

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from 1942 to 1949. He gained the title of 1st Baronet Ponsonby of Wootton in 1956. Ponsonby married Hon. Winifred Marian Gibbs, daughter of

Herbert Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon (14 May 1854 – 22 May 1935), was a British businessman. Hunsdon was the fourth son of Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham, and Louisa Anne Adams, and was educated at Winchester and Trinity College ...

, and Anna Maria Durant, on 23 July 1912. They had four daughters and a son who succeeded to the baronetcy.

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* 1879 births 1976 deaths Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet, Sir Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy Lieutenants of Oxfordshire UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 English cricketers Oxfordshire cricketers {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub