Background
Bessborough, Mary was born on March 3, 1915 in Radnor, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Charles Alexander Munn and Mary Astor Paul.
Bessborough, Mary was born on March 3, 1915 in Radnor, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Charles Alexander Munn and Mary Astor Paul.
Student, Miss Wrights, Radnor, Pennsylvania student, Westfield, Ascot, England student, Institut de la Madeleine, Paris student, Course Victor Hugo, Paris.
With French Red Cross, Biarritz. Nurses's aide American Red Cross. Econometrics case committee National Adoption Society, 1953-1969.
President West Sussex branch Susssex Association Youth Clubs, 1953-1960. President East Hampshire Girl Guides, 1960-1967. Member county Chichester Festival Theatre, since 1960.
Member county American Museum at Bath, since 1961. Chairman Stansted Park Queen Mary Needlework Guild, since 1965. Chairman Friends of the Stansted Park Foundation, since 1987.
Chairman Theatre Museum of Stansted Park Foundation, 1987-1990. Director Gallery of Theatre Museum of Stansted ParkFound., 1987-1990. Fellow American Philosophical Society (overseas fellow).
Member Friends of Benjamin Franklin House (member Governors since 1971, honorary secretary since 1971, chairman since 1983), AcornClub (foreign member), Colonial dames of America (Chapter XI treasurer 1967-1968, president since 1978).
Married Frederick Edward Neuflize Ponsonby, September 28, 1947 (deceased December 1993). 1 child, Charlotte Ponsonby.