Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley

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Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley of Canford (12 September 181524 August 1896) was a British peer and Liberal politician.

On 9 August 1838, he married his cousin, Lady Maria Ponsonby (a daughter of the 4th Earl of Bessborough) and they had at least six children:

  • Hon. William Ashley Webb (1843-1918)
  • Hon. Maurice John George (1846-1945)
  • Hon. Frederick John William (1847-1933), married Margaret Howard (a great-granddaughter of the 5th Earl of Carlisle)
  • Hon. Edwin Charles William (1851-1939), married (1) Emily Coope, (2) Hilda Smith
  • Hon. Emily Priscilla Maria (d. 1926), married Rev. Charles Ogilvy
  • Hon. Helen Geraldine (d. 1949), married the 19th Earl of Morton


Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Tulk
and George Byng
Member for Poole
with Sir George Philips 1837–52
1837–1847
Succeeded by
Sir George Philips
and George Robinson
Preceded by
Richard Sheil
Member for Dungarvon
1851–1852
Succeeded by
John Maguire
Preceded by
William Ponsonby
Baron de Mauley
1855–1896
Succeeded by
William Ponsonby

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