Peerage Record – 14032

     Adela Sophia Georgiana Ponsonby was the daughter of Hon. Gerald Henry Brabazon Ponsonby and Lady Maria Emma Catherine Coventry.¹ She died on 27 March 1902, unmarried.¹

     Lady Kathleen Louisa Georgina Ponsonby was born on 30 August 1826.² She was the daughter of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough and Lady Maria Fane.¹ She married Frederick Edward Bunbury Tighe, son of Daniel Bunbury-Tighe and Hon. Frances Crofton, on 10 August 1858.¹ She died on 9 July 1863 at age 36.¹
     From 10 August 1858, her married name became Tighe.¹

     Frederick Edward Bunbury Tighe was the son of Daniel Bunbury-Tighe and Hon. Frances Crofton.² He married Lady Kathleen Louisa Georgina Ponsonby, daughter of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough and Lady Maria Fane, on 10 August 1858.³ He died on 6 January 1891.³
     He lived at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England^G.³

     Hon. Cyril Walter Ponsonby was born on 8 September 1853 at Canford, Dorset, England^G.^1,2 He was the son of Reverend Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough and Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot.¹ He married Emily Harriet Eyre Addington, daughter of Reverend Henry Addington and Matilda Frances Raynsford, on 19 September 1893 at Suffolk, England^G.^1,2 He died on 29 November 1927 at age 74.¹
     He held the office of Lieutenant of the City of London.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1920.¹

     Emily Harriet Eyre Addington was born in 1857 at Langford, Bedfordshire, England^G.² She was the daughter of Reverend Henry Addington and Matilda Frances Raynsford.^1,2 She married, firstly, Llewellyn Salisbury Mellor in 1880 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England^G.² She married, secondly, Hon. Cyril Walter Ponsonby, son of Reverend Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough and Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot, on 19 September 1893 at Suffolk, England^G.^1,2 She died on 10 December 1932 at 5 Collingham Gardens, South Kensington, London, England^G.^1,2 Her will was proven (by probate) on 24 January 1933 at London, England^G, at £28,821 19s 10d.²
     From 1880, her married name became Mellor.² From 19 September 1893, her married name became Ponsonby.¹

     Reverend Henry Addington was born on 20 July 1820 at Goldington, Bedfordshire, England^G.² He was the son of Captain William Silvester Addington and Frances Elizabeth Addington.² He married Matilda Frances Raynsford, daughter of Thomas Alexander Raynsford and Bridget Eliza Lightfoot, in 1852.² He died on 15 August 1883 at age 63 at Bedfordshire, England^G.²
     He lived at Henlow Grange, Bedfordshire, England^G.¹

     Lieutenant Cyril Thomas Ponsonby was born on 30 October 1894 at Westminster, London, England^G.^1,2 He was the son of Hon. Cyril Walter Ponsonby and Emily Harriet Eyre Addington.¹ He died on 24 August 1916 at age 21 at France^G, killed in action.¹ His will was proven (by probate) on 23 June 1933, at £21,913 1s 8d.²
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps.¹ He fought in the First World War.

     Lieutenant Michael Henry Ponsonby was born on 22 June 1896 at Westminster, London, England^G.^1,2 He was the son of Hon. Cyril Walter Ponsonby and Emily Harriet Eyre Addington.¹ He died on 27 August 1918 at age 22, from wounds received in action.¹ His will was proven (by probate) on 23 June 1933, at £21,913 1s 7d.²
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards.¹ He fought in the First World War.

     Hon. Granville Ponsonby was born on 13 September 1854.¹ He was the son of Reverend Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough and Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot.¹ He married Mabel Jackson, daughter of Hon. Charles Jackson, on 10 June 1879.¹ He died on 24 February 1924 at age 69, without issue.¹
     He was Chief of Police at St. Lucia^G.¹

     Mabel Jackson was the daughter of Hon. Charles Jackson.¹ She married Hon. Granville Ponsonby, son of Reverend Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough and Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot, on 10 June 1879.¹ She died on 20 January 1922.¹
     From 10 June 1879, her married name became Ponsonby.¹