Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough

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The Earl of Bessborough
Arms of the Earl of Bessborough.svg
Spouse(s) 1. Patricia Minnigerode
2. Anne Marie Galitzine (née Slatin)
3. Madeleine Lola Margaret Grand
Father Maj. Hon. Cyril Myles Brabazon Ponsonby
Mother Rita Narcissa Longfield
Born (1912-12-11)11 December 1912
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Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough (11 December 1912 – 5 April 2002), was a British peer.[1]

He was the son of Maj. Hon. Cyril Myles Brabazon Ponsonby (1881–1915), second son of Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Rita Narcissa Longfield, daughter of Lt. Col. Mountifort John Courtenay Longfield. He inherited the earldom on 5 December 1993 when his first cousin Frederick Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough, died without a male heir.

Education and career

He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Later he rose to the rank of Captain in the service of the Welsh Guards and saw action in the Second World War.

Family

On 28 July 1939 he married Patricia Minnigerode (died 12 September 1952), daughter of Col. Fitzhugh Lee Minnigerode, and together they had two children:

Following the death of his first wife he remarried, on 20 September 1956, Anne Marie Galitzine (née Slatin), former wife of Prince George Galitzine and daughter of Lt. Gen. Sir Rudolf Carl von Slatin (Baron von Slatin). They were divorced in 1963.

He married for the third time on 17 December 1963, Madeleine Lola Margaret Grand, daughter of Maj. Gen. Laurence Douglas Grand, and together they had two children:

  • Hon. Matthew Douglas Longfield Ponsonby (born 27 January 1965), married Jamilie Emett Searle
  • Hon. Charles Arthur Longfield Ponsonby (born 12 July 1967), married Jennifer Waghorn

Lady Bessborough is the founder of the New Art Centre in London and the Roche Court Sculpture Garden.[2]

Death and succession

He died on 5 April 2002 and was succeeded by his eldest son Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough.

Ancestry

Family of Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Walter Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Lady Maria Fane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Lady Louisa Eliot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Lady Jemima Cornwallis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Maj. Hon. Myles Ponsonby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Thomas Guest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Sir John Guest, 1st Baronet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Jemima Phillips
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Blanche Guest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Lady Charlotte Bertie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Charlotte Susannah Elizabeth Layard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Rev. Robert Longfield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Mountifort Longfield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Lt.Col. Mountifort Longfield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. George Courtenay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Caroline Augusta Courtenay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Caroline Augusta Smith-Barry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Rita Longfield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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External links

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Bessborough
1993–2002		 Succeeded by
Myles Ponsonby


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