Frederick Matthew Thomas Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, Baron Ponsonby of Roehampton (born 27 October 1958), is a British peer and Labour politician.

Life

Frederick Ponsonby was the eldest child of

Thomas Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede Thomas Arthur Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (23 October 1930 – 13 June 1990) was a British hereditary peer and Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician. He was the eldest son of Matthew Henry Herbert Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby o ...

(1930–1990), and his first wife Ursula Fox-Pitt. He succeeded his father as Baron Ponsonby in 1990. He sits for Labour and is a regular contributor in debates. He lost his seat in the

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after the passing of the

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. However, in 2000 he was created a life peer as Baron Ponsonby of Roehampton, of Shulbrede in the County of West Sussex, and was able to return to the upper chamber of parliament. He is a member of the Joint Committee on the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill. Ponsonby is married and has two children, Eve (born 1991) and Cameron (1995).

References

Sources

Mr Frederick Ponsonby (Hansard)

Frederick Matthew Thomas Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby de Shulbrede, * 1958 , Geneall.net

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