Background
He is the son of Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Patricia Minnigerode, daughter of Colonel Fitzhugh Lee Minnigerode.
He is the son of Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Patricia Minnigerode, daughter of Colonel Fitzhugh Lee Minnigerode.
He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Later he was invested as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Honorary Frederick Arthur William Ponsonby, styled Viscount Duncannon (born 9 August 1974)
Lady Chloe Patricia Ponsonby (born 1975)
Honorary Henry Shakerley Ponsonby (born 1977)
The heir apparent to the earldom is the current earl"s eldest son, Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon.
Honorary
Eleanor Grace Ponsonby (born 8 May 2006)
Honorary William Ponsonby (born 6 May 2008).