# Ponsonby

Ponsonby may refer to:

## Surname

* Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871–1946), British politician, writer, and social activist
* Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough (1912–2002), British peer
* Ashley Ponsonby DL, JP (1831–1898), British Liberal politician
* Bernard Ponsonby, Scottish broadcast journalist
* Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough (1679–1758), British politician and peer
* Lady Caroline Ponsonby (1785–1828), married name Lady Caroline Lamb, novelist and the lover of Lord Byron
* Cecil Ponsonby (1889–1945), English cricketer, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper
* Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby (1720–1762), Irish Member of Parliament
* Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker (1762–1834), Irish Member of Parliament
* Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley of Canford (1815–1896), British peer and Liberal politician
* Sir Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet (1879–1976), British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament 1935–1950, created 1st Baronet Ponsonby, of Wootton, in 1956
* Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough, KP, CB, CVO (1851–1920), British peer
* Elizabeth Ponsonby, a prominent member of the Bright Young Things in the 1920s, daughter of Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
* Frederick Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough (1913–1993), British diplomat, businessman, playwright, Conservative politician and peer
* Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby GCB GCVO PC (1867–1935), British soldier and courtier
* Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (1758–1844), British peer
* Frederick Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (born 1958), British peer and Labour politician
* Frederick Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough (1815–1895), a founder of Surrey County Cricket Club and I Zingari
* Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby (1867–1935), British politician
* Major-General Sir Frederick Ponsonby (British Army officer) (1783–1837), British military officer
* George Ponsonby (Junior Lord of the Treasury) (1773–1863), Irish politician
* George Ponsonby (1755–1817), Lord Chancellor of Ireland
* Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (1761–1821), wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, mother of Lady Caroline Lamb
* Henry Ponsonby (died 1745) (1685–1745), Irish soldier
* Sir Henry Ponsonby (1825–1895), Private Secretary to Queen Victoria
* Jack Ponsonby (1874–1962), Irish footballer
* John Ponsonby (British Army officer) (1866–1952), commanded 5th Division during World War I
* Hon. John Ponsonby (politician) (1713–1789), Speaker of the Irish House of Commons
* John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (1781–1847), British politician and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
* John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough (1809–1880), British peer and politician
* John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby of Imokilly, (c.1772–1855), British diplomat
* John Ponsonby (RAF officer), Air Vice-Marshal
* Loelia Ponsonby (married name Loelia Lindsay) (1902–1993), British peeress, needlewoman and magazine editor
* Myles Ponsonby CBE (1924–1999), British soldier, intelligence officer, diplomat and politician
* The Rt. Rev. Richard Ponsonby (1722–1815), Bishop of Derry and Raphoe
* Roberte Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (1892–1979), the daughter of Baron Jean de Neuflize, CVO
* Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley (born 1957), British peer
* Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett or Rowland Blennerhassett (Irish politician) KC, JP (1850–1913), Irish politician
* Thomas Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1930–1990), British Labour Party politician
* Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880–1956), British Conservative Party politician, Governor General of Canada
* Walter Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough (1821–1906), British peer and member of the House of Lords
* William Ponsonby (British Army officer) KCB (1772–1815), Irish politician and British Army officer killed at the Battle of Waterloo
* William Ponsonby (publisher) (died 1604), London publisher of the Elizabethan era
* William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly (1744–1806), leading Whig politician
* William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley (1787–1855), British peer and Whig politician
* William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, 2nd Earl of Bessborough PC PC (I) (1704–1793), British politician and public servant

## Noble titles

* Earl of Bessborough
* Viscount and Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly
* Baron de Mauley
* Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
* Baron Sysonby

## Given name

* Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda, 11th Earl of Drogheda KG, KBE (1910–1989), British peer
* Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (born 1937), British photographer known professionally as Derry Moore
* Maurice Arthur Ponsonby Wood (1916–2007), Anglican bishop in the Evangelical tradition
* Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon (born 1953), British landowner, businessman and philanthropist
* Ponsonby Ogle (1855–1902), British writer and journalist
* Robert Ponsonby Staples (1853–1943), 11th Baronet of Lissan House near Cookstown in Co. Tyrone
* Robert Ponsonby Tottenham Loftus, Irish Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 19th century
* Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett (1850–1913), Irish politician
* Stephen Ponsonby Peacocke (1813–1872), British officer of the Bombay Army and an artist

## Places

* Ponsonby, Cumbria, England
* Ponsonby Fell, hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Gosforth, Cumbria
* Ponsonby, New Zealand, a central suburb of Auckland
* Ponsonby (New Zealand electorate), historical parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand from 1887 to 1890 and from 1946 to 1963
* Ponsonby, Quebec, Canada – renamed to Boileau in 1993
* Ponsonby, Ontario, ghost town in Ontario, Canada

## Other

* Reginald Ponsonby-Smythe, Commander of Majestic-16 in Destroy All Humans! 2
* Ponsonby AFC, former New Zealand football club, now amalgamated to form Mount Albert-Ponsonby
* Ponsonby Ponies, rugby league club based in Ponsonby, New Zealand
* Ponsonby RFC, rugby union club based in Auckland, New Zealand
* Mr Ponsonby, the fourth novel by New Zealand author Ian Middleton
* Ponsonby Britt, the fictional executive producer of TV series including The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
* Ponsonby Rule, constitutional convention in the UK constitutional law involving 21 days' notice for international treaties
* Ponsonby's Column, a former monumental column in Valletta, Malta
* Percy Ponsonby, a 1939 BBC television comedy programme