Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley (12 September 1815 – 24 August 1896), was a

British peer The peerages in the United Kingdom are a legal system comprising both hereditary and lifetime titles, composed of various noble ranks, and forming a constituent part of the British honours system. The term '' peerage'' can be used both coll ...

and

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

politician. Ponsonby was the son of the first Lord de Mauley, the third son of the third Earl of Bessborough, and Lady Barbara Ashley-Cooper, only child and heiress of the fifth Earl of Shaftesbury. He attended

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...

. On 9 August 1838, he married his cousin, Lady Maria Ponsonby, a daughter of

John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, PC (31 August 1781 – 16 May 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician. He was notably Home Secretary in 1834 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ...

, and they had 10 children: * Alice Barbara Maria (1840–1846) * Emily Priscilla Maria (1841–1926), married Rev. Charles Ogilvy * William Ashley Webb (1843–1918) * George (1844–1845) * Maurice John George (1846–1945), married Hon. Madeleine Hanbury-Tracy * Frederick John William (1847–1933), married Margaret Howard (a great-granddaughter of

Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (28 May 1748 – 4 September 1825) was a British peer, statesman, diplomat, and author. Life He was the son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and his second wife Isabella Byron. His mother was a ...

) * Mary Alice (1849–?) * Edwin Charles William (1851–1939), married (1) Emily Coope, (2) Hilda Smith * Helen Geraldine (1852–1949), married Sholto Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton * Diana Isabel Maria (1855–?)

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Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley (12 September 1815 – 24 August 1896), was a Peerage, British peer and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. Ponsonby was the son of the first William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley, ...

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