Baron de Mauley

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Baron de Mauley,ofCanfordin theCounty of Dorset,is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom.It was created on 10 July 1838 for theWhigpolitician the Hon.William Ponsonby,who had earlier representedPoole,KnaresboroughandDorsetin theHouse of Commons.He was the third son ofthe 3rd Earl of Bessborough,anAnglo-Irishpeer, and his wife Lady Henrietta Spencer, daughter ofthe 1st Earl Spencer.He married Lady Barbara Ashley-Cooper, the daughter ofAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury.She was one of the co-heirs to the ancient barony by writ of Mauley (or Maulay), which superseded thefeudal baronythecaputof which was atMulgrave Castle,Yorkshire,which barony by writ had become extinct in 1415.

Their son, laterthe 2nd Baron,sat asMember of ParliamentforPooleandDungarvon.He married his first cousin Lady Maria Ponsonby, daughter ofthe 4th Earl of Bessborough.

Their eldest son, the 3rd Baron, never married, so the barony was inherited by his brother, who became the 4th Baron. He married the Hon. Madeline Hanbury-Tracy, daughter ofthe 2nd Baron Sudeley.They had two sons, Capt. Gerald Ponsonby, an officer in theRoyal Inniskilling Fusilierswho was killed in the First World War, and Hubert, who became the 5th Baron.

The 5th Baron married Elgiva Margaret Dundas, a great-granddaughter ofthe 1st Earl of Zetland.They had two sons. The eldest, the 6th Baron, married Helen Alice Douglas, a granddaughter ofthe 19th Earl of Morton;the marriage was childless. Their second son, Col. Hon. Thomas Ponsonby, an officer of theWessex Yeomanrywho held the offices of Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire andHigh Sheriff of Gloucestershire,married Maxine Henrietta Thellusson, whose great-great-great-grandfatherCharles Thellusson,Member of Parliament forEvesham,was the younger brother ofthe 1st Baron Rendlesham.

As of 2024,the title is held by their eldest son,the 7th Baron,who succeeded his uncle in 2002. He is one of theninety elected hereditary peersthat remain in theHouse of Lordsafter the passing of theHouse of Lords Act 1999,and sits as aConservative.He was elected in 2005 and thereby became the first hereditary peer having succeeded to his title after the House of Lords Act of 1999, to have obtained an elective hereditary peers seat in the House of Lords. In July 2018,the Queenappointed the 7th Baron to succeedthe 3rd Baron VesteyasMaster of the Horse.The appointment took effect on 1 January 2019.

The Hon.Ashley Ponsonby,younger son ofthe 1st Baron,was a Liberal politician. Another member of this branch of the Ponsonby family was the Conservative politicianCharles Ponsonby,who was createda baronetin 1956. He was the son of the Hon. Edwin Charles William Ponsonby, fifth son of the 2nd Baron.

Former Air Vice MarshalJohn Ponsonbywas the son of officer, diplomat and politicianMyles Ponsonby,and a grandson of Victor Coope Ponsonby, the fourth son of the Hon. Edwin Charles William Ponsonby.

Baron de Mauley (1838)

• William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley(1787–1855)
• Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley(1815–1896)
• William Ashley Webb Ponsonby, 3rd Baron de Mauley (1843–1918)
• Maurice John George Ponsonby, 4th Baron de Mauley (1846–1945)
• Hubert William Ponsonby, 5th Baron de Mauley (1878–1962)
• Gerald John Ponsonby, 6th Baron de Mauley (1921–2002)
• Rupert Charles Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley(born 1957)

Theheir presumptiveis the present holder's brother, the Hon.(Ashley) George Ponsonby (born 1959).
The title next falls to Sir Charles Ponsonby, 3rd Baronet (born 1951), a third cousin of the present holder and his brother. He is the great-grandson of the Hon. Edwin Ponsonby, fifth son of the 2nd Baron.

Title succession chart

Title succession chart, Barons de Mauley

William Ponsonby 1st Baron de Mauley 1787–1855 Charles Ponsonby 2nd Baron de Mauley 1815–1896 William Ponsonby 3rd Baron de Mauley 1843–1918 George Ponsonby 1844–1845 Maurice Ponsonby 4th Baron de Mauley 1846–1945 Hon. Frederick Ponsonby 1847–1933 Hon. Edwin Ponsonby 1851–1939 Ponsonby baronetcy Capt. Gerald Ponsonby 1876–1914 Hubert Ponsonby 5th Baron de Mauley 1878–1962 Sir Charles Ponsonby 1st Baronet 1879–1976 Gerald Ponsonby 6th Baron de Mauley 1921–2002 Col. Hon. Thomas Ponsonby 1930–2001 Sir Ashley Ponsonby 2nd Baronet 1921–2010 Rupert Ponsonby 7th Baron de Mauley born 1957 Hon. George Ponsonby born 1959 Sir Charles Ponsonby 3rd Baronet born 1951

See also

• Earl of Bessborough
• Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly
• Baron Sysonby
• Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
• Ponsonby baronets of Wootton
• Lady Caroline Ponsonby

Notes and references

References

• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921).Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy.London:Dean & Son.p. 275.
• Kidd, Charles, ed. (1903).Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage.London: Dean & Son. p. 294.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages