Sir Charles Edward Ponsonby, 1st Baronet (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.

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

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for

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in the

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from 1900 to 1903.

Career

Ponsonby was elected Member of Parliament (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 Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary

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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.

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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 British sportsperson-politicians 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub