For the Irish soldier, see Henry Ponsonby (died 1745).
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Major-General The Right Honourable
Sir Henry Ponsonby
GCB
'The Privy Purse'. Ponsonby as caricatured by Théobald Chartran in Vanity Fair, March 1883
Private Secretary to the Sovereign
In office 1870–1895
Monarch
Victoria
Preceded by
Sir Charles Grey
Succeeded by
Sir Arthur Bigge
Personal details
Born
Henry Frederick Ponsonby
(1825-12-10)10 December 1825 Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands British Protectorate
Died
21 November 1895(1895-11-21) (aged 69) East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Spouse
Mary Elizabeth Bulteel
Children
5, including Frederick and Arthur
Parent(s)
Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst
Major-General Sir Henry Frederick PonsonbyGCB PC (10 December 1825 – 21 November 1895) was a British soldier and royal court official who served as Queen Victoria's Private Secretary.
Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby GCB PC (10 December 1825 – 21 November 1895) was a British soldier and royal court official who served as Queen...
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becoming the governor-general of India. By 1874, Major-General Sir HenryPonsonby, the Queen's private secretary, had ordered English charters to be scrutinised...
a little too well for the liking of Victoria's Chief Secretary Sir HenryPonsonby and The Prince of Wales as well as other members of the Royal Family;...
Myddleton-Biddulph KCB 1866–1878 (jointly to 1867) Major-General Sir HenryPonsonby GCB 1878–1895 The Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Fleetwood...
consternation of her private secretary, Sir HenryPonsonby, Victoria began work on a eulogistic biography of Brown. Ponsonby and Randall Davidson, Dean of Windsor...
Hopetoun) and the Duke of Edinburgh (her maternal uncle; represented by Sir HenryPonsonby). Victoria Eugenie grew up in Queen Victoria's household, as the British...
Phipps KCB 1861 1866 General Charles Grey 1861 1870 Major-General Sir HenryPonsonby GCB 1870 1895 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Bigge GCVO, KCB 1895 1901...
1870s. The Norman Gatehouse was turned into a private dwelling for Sir HenryPonsonby. Windsor Castle did not benefit from many of the minor improvements...
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