Background
PONSONBY, Arthur A. W. H. was born in 1871. 3rd son of late General the Right Honourable Sir Henry Ponsonby and the Honourable Lady Ponsonby, granddaughter of Earl Grey, the Prime Minister.
PONSONBY, Arthur A. W. H. was born in 1871. 3rd son of late General the Right Honourable Sir Henry Ponsonby and the Honourable Lady Ponsonby, granddaughter of Earl Grey, the Prime Minister.
Eton; Balliol College, Oxford. Page of Honour to Queen Victoria, 1882-S7.
Served in the Diplomatic Service at Constantinople, 1894-1897, Copenhagen, 1898-1899, Foreign Office, 1900-1903. Contested Liberal Taunton, 1906. Principal private secretary to Prime Minister (late Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman), 1905-1908.
Member of Parliament (Liberal), Stirling Burghs since 1908.
Liberal.
Club: National Liberal.
Spouse 1898, Dorothea,daughter of Sir Hubert Parry, 1st Baronet.