Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley
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Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley of Canford (12 September 1815 – 24 August 1896) was a British peer
and Liberal
politician.
On 9 August 1838, he married his cousin, Lady Maria Ponsonby (a daughter of the 4th Earl of Bessborough
) and they had at least six children:
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
and Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
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politician.
On 9 August 1838, he married his cousin, Lady Maria Ponsonby (a daughter of the 4th Earl of Bessborough
John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough PC , known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician...
) and they had at least six children:
- Hon. William Ashley Webb (1843-1918)
- Hon. Maurice John George (1846-1945)
- Hon. Frederick John William (1847-1933), married Margaret Howard (a great-granddaughter of the 5th Earl of CarlisleFrederick Howard, 5th Earl of CarlisleFrederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, KG, KT, PC was a British diplomat and the son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and his second wife Isabella Byron....
) - Hon. Edwin Charles William (1851-1939), married (1) Emily Coope, (2) Hilda Smith
- Hon. Emily Priscilla Maria (d. 1926), married Rev. Charles Ogilvy
- Hon. Helen Geraldine (d. 1949), married the 19th Earl of MortonSholto Douglas, 19th Earl of MortonSholto George Watson Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton, was the son of Sholto John Douglas, 18th Earl of Morton , and Helen Watson, the daughter of James Watson of Saughton. He was a landowner and businessman....