Peerage Record – 5448

     Ursula Mary Fox-Pitt is the daughter of Commander Thomas Stanley Fox-Pitt and Marjorie Florence Hope Barton. She married, firstly, Thomas Arthur Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, son of Matthew Henry Herbert Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Hon. Elizabeth Mary Bigham, on 21 July 1956.¹ She and Thomas Arthur Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede were divorced in 1973.¹ She married, secondly, John Ingham Brooke.¹
     From 21 July 1956, her married name became Ponsonby.¹ Her married name became Brooke.¹

     Captain Brian James Douglas Abdy Collins was born in 1952.² He is the son of Lt.-Col. Brian Eric Leslie Abdy Collins and Helen Alice Douglas.² He married, firstly, Philippa Martha Gausel Whitehead, daughter of Sir Rowland John Rathbone Whitehead, 5th Bt. and Marie-Louise Gausel, on 14 September 1976.¹ He and Philippa Martha Gausel Whitehead were divorced in 1988.¹ He married, secondly, Emma Charlotte Cooper-Key, daughter of Major Sir Edmund McNeill Cooper-Key and Hon. Lorna Peggy Vyvyan Harmsworth, in 1989.²
     Captain Brian James Douglas Abdy Collins usually went by his middle name of James.² He lived in 2003 at Church Farm, Little Faringdon, GLoucestershire, England.²

     Frederick Matthew Thomas Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede was born on 27 October 1958.¹ He is the son of Thomas Arthur Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Ursula Mary Fox-Pitt.
     He was educated at Holland Park School, London, England^G.¹ He was educated at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales^G.¹ He was educated at Imperial College of Science, Technology, London, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, co. Sussex [U.K., 1930] in 1990.¹ He held the office of Councillor (Labour) for Wandsworth between 1990 and 1994.¹ He held the office of Opposition Frontbench Spokesman of Education for the House of Lords between 1992 and 1997.¹ He was appointed Fellow, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (F.I.M.M.) in 1996.¹ He was registered as a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.) in 1997.¹ He held the office of Delate for the Western European Union (W.E.U.)¹ He held the office of Delegate for Council Europe.¹ He was created Baron Ponsonby of Roehampton, of Shulbrede, co. West Sussex [U.K. Life Peer] on 19 April 2000.²

     Hon. Julia Mary Ponsonby was born on 8 May 1960.¹ She is the daughter of Thomas Arthur Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Ursula Mary Fox-Pitt.
     She was educated at Holland Park School, London, England^G.¹ She was educated at University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, England^G.¹

     Hon. Charlotte Ponsonby was born on 22 July 1961.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Arthur Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Ursula Mary Fox-Pitt. She died on 2 December 1980 at age 19, unmarried.¹

     Hon. William Nicholas Ponsonby was born on 21 June 1933.¹ He was the son of Matthew Henry Herbert Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Hon. Elizabeth Mary Bigham. He died on 11 January 1942 at age 8.¹

     Hon. Laura Mary Ponsonby was born on 31 October 1935.¹ She was the daughter of Matthew Henry Herbert Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Hon. Elizabeth Mary Bigham. She died on 6 January 2016 at age 80.²
     She was educated at Langford Grove School, Sussex, England.¹ She graduated with a Associate, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (A.G.S.M.)¹ She was a guide lecturer and the Education Officer between 1965 and 1994 at Kew Botanic Gardens, London, England.¹ She wrote the book A List of Flowering Plants and Ferns of Haslemere and District, published 1978.¹ She was president of the Haslemere Natural History Society between 1983 and 1992.¹ She was vice-president of the Haslemere Recorded Music Society.¹ She wrote the book Marianne North of Kew Gardens, published 1990.¹ She was an honorary botanist of the Haslemere Educational Museum.¹ She lived at Schulbrede Priory, Lynchmere, Haselmere, Surrey, England.¹ She lived at 17 South End, Kensington Square, London, England.¹

     Hon. Rose Magdalen Ponsonby was born on 19 November 1940.¹ She is the daughter of Matthew Henry Herbert Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Hon. Elizabeth Mary Bigham. She married Brian David Owen-Smith, son of Colonel Cyril Robert Owen-Smith, on 24 September 1966.¹
     From 24 September 1966, her married name became Owen-Smith.¹ She lived at 48 Westgate, Chichester, Sussex, England.¹

     Hon. Catherine Virginia Ponsonby was born on 21 July 1944.¹ She is the daughter of Matthew Henry Herbert Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Hon. Elizabeth Mary Bigham. She married Ian Macdonald Affleck Russell in 1972.¹
     From 1972, her married name became Russell.¹ She lived at Schulbrede Priory, Lynchmere, Haselmere, Surrey, England.¹

     Hon. Rachel Elizabeth Emma Ponsonby was born on 25 June 1964.¹ She is the daughter of Thomas Arthur Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Ursula Mary Fox-Pitt.