Background
A member of the prominent Ponsonby family, he was the son of Honorary
A member of the prominent Ponsonby family, he was the son of Honorary
Edwin Charles William Ponsonby, fifth son of Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley, and Emily Dora Cope. He played cricket for Oxfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1900 to 1903. He held the seat until the 1950 general election.
He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden from 1941 to 1945.
He was honorary Colonel of the Kent Yeomanry from 1942 to 1949. He gained the title of 1st Baronet Ponsonby of Wootton in 1956.
Ponsonby married Honorary Winifred Marian Gibbs, daughter of Herbert Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon, of Hunsdon and Anna Maria Durant, on 23 July 1912.
37th United Kingdom Parliament. 38th United Kingdom Parliament]
Ponsonby was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Sevenoaks at the Sevenoaks by-election in 1935.