Peerage Record – 7986

     Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby was born on 16 September 1867.² He was the son of General Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby and Hon. Mary Elizabeth Bulteel.¹ He married Victoria Lily Hegan Kennard, daughter of Edmund Hegan Kennard and Agnes Hegan, on 17 May 1899.² He died on 20 October 1935 at age 68.²
     He held the office of Assistant Private Secretary and Equerry to HM Queen Victoria between 1895 and 1901.² He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1897.² He was appointed Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1901.² He fought in the Boer War between 1901 and 1902.² He held the office of Assistant Private Secretary and Equerry to HM King Edward VII between 1901 and 1910.² He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1906.² He was appointed Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) in 1910.² He held the office of Assistant Private Secretary and Equerry to HM King George V between 1910 and 1914.² He held the office of Keeper of the Privy Purse and Extra Equerry to HM King George V in 1914.² He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches.² He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1914.² He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1918.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Grenadier Guards.² He held the office of Treasurer and Keeper of the Privy Purse to HM King George V in 1920.² He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in 1921.² He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1926.² He held the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Windsor Castle in 1928.² He held the office of Constable of the Round Tower in 1928.² He held the office of Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster.² He was created 1st Baron Sysonby, of Wonersh, Surrey [U.K.] on 24 June 1935.²

     Victoria Lily Hegan Kennard was the daughter of Edmund Hegan Kennard and Agnes Hegan.² She married Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby, son of General Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby and Hon. Mary Elizabeth Bulteel, on 17 May 1899.³ She died on 2 June 1955.²
     Victoria Lily Hegan Kennard also went by the nick-name of Ria.³ Her married name became Ponsonby. After her marriage, Victoria Lily Hegan Kennard was styled as Baroness Sysonby on 24 June 1935.

     Joseph Hegan lived at Dawpool, Cheshire, England^G.¹

     Agnes Hegan was the daughter of Joseph Hegan.¹ She married Edmund Hegan Kennard, son of John Peirse Kennard and Sophia Chapman, in January 1868.² She died on 22 January 1906.²
     From January 1868, her married name became Kennard.¹

     Edmund Hegan Kennard was born on 14 October 1834.² He was the son of John Peirse Kennard and Sophia Chapman.² He married Agnes Hegan, daughter of Joseph Hegan, in January 1868.² He died on 9 July 1912 at age 77.¹
     He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the 8th Hussars.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Beverley between 1866 and 1869.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Lymington between 1874 and 1885.² He was Aide-de-Camp to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.¹ He gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in the 15th Middlesex Reserve Volunteers.¹ He lived at Great Tangley Manor, Guildford, Surrey, England^G.³

     Sallie Whitney Sanford was the daughter of Dr. Leonard Cutler Sanford.¹ She married, firstly, George Edward Monkland.² She married, secondly, Edward Gaspard Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Sysonby, son of Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby and Victoria Lily Hegan Kennard, on 2 October 1936.² She married, thirdly, Major Edward Robert Francis Compton, son of Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton and Mary Evelyn Violet Vyner, on 15 February 1958.¹ She died in 1979.¹
     Her married name became Monkland.² After her marriage, Sallie Whitney Sanford was styled as Baroness Sysonby on 2 October 1936. From 2 October 1936, her married name became Ponsonby. From 15 February 1958, her married name became Compton.

     Philippine Henriette Sophie Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born on 30 May 1779 at Gröningen, Germany^G.¹ She was the daughter of Friedrich Ernst Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Magdalena Zwier van Haren.¹ She died on 19 May 1860 at age 80.¹

     Major Edward Robert Francis Compton was born on 14 December 1891.³ He was the son of Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton and Mary Evelyn Violet Vyner.³ He married, firstly, Sylvia Farquharson of Invercauld, daughter of Lt.-Col. Alexander Haldane Farquharson of Invercauld and Zoë Caroline Musgrave, on 3 July 1918.¹ He married, secondly, Mary Elizabeth Dawson, daughter of Sydney Dawson, on 23 October 1952.³ He married, thirdly, Sallie Whitney Sanford, daughter of Dr. Leonard Cutler Sanford, on 15 February 1958.³ He died on 7 February 1977 at age 85.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.³ He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.³ He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded and was mentioned in despatches.³ He gained the rank of Temporary Captain in the Machine Gun Corps.³ He was awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus of Russia 3rd class, with swords.³ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Ripon in 1923.³ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the West Riding, Yorkshire in 1924.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of the West Riding, Yorkshire in 1926.¹ He fought in the Second World War.³ He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Scots Greys.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Argyllshire in 1943.³ He lived at Newby Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, England^G.³ He lived at Torloisk, Aros, Isle of Mull, Scotland^G.¹

     Dr. Leonard Cutler Sanford lived at New York, U.S.A.^G.¹

     John Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Sysonby was born on 5 August 1945.¹ He was the son of Edward Gaspard Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Sysonby and Sallie Whitney Sanford. He died on 23 October 2009 at age 64.²
     He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Sysonby, of Wonersh, Surrey [U.K., 1935] on 21 January 1956.¹