Spencer Ponsonby-Fane

Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane

"Spencer". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1878.
Personal information
Full name Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby
Born (1824-03-14)14 March 1824
Mayfair, Westminster, London, England
Died 1 December 1915(1915-12-01) (aged 91)
Yeovil, Somerset, England
Batting style Right-hand bat
Relations John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough, Frederick Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough (brothers), John Henry Ponsonby (son), Spencer Gore (nephew), Richard Ponsonby-Fane (grandson)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1841–1862 Marylebone Cricket Club
1848–1858 Surrey
1862 Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 62
Runs scored 1359
Batting average 11.92
100s/50s 1/4
Top score 108
Balls bowled 184
Wickets 14
Bowling average 26.50
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/?
Catches/stumpings 30/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 25 August 2009

Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane, GCB, ISO (14 March 1824 – 1 December 1915), né Ponsonby, was an English cricketer and civil servant.

He was born in 1824 in Mayfair, the sixth son of John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough.

Cricket

Ponsonby played for both Middlesex and Surrey, and later administered Somerset and Harrow Cricket Club. He was one of the founders of I Zingari in 1845.

Government service

Ponsonby joined the Foreign Office in 1840. He was Private Secretary to three Foreign Secretaries: Lord Palmerston 1846–1851, Lord Granville 1851–1852, and Lord Clarendon 1853–1857. In 1856 he brought from Paris the definitive copy of the peace treaty for the Crimean War.[1] Later he was Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office 1857–1901, Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State 1901–1915 and Bath King of Arms 1904–1915.[2][3]

Family

Ponsonby-Fane married, on 7 October 1847, Honourable Louisa Anne Rose Lee Dillon (1825–1902), daughter of Henry Dillon, 13th Viscount Dillon. Lady Ponsonby-Fane died at their estate on 18 July 1902.[4] They had eleven children:

In 1875, he changed his surname to Ponsonby-Fane upon inheriting the estate of Brympton d'Evercy from his aunt, Lady Georgiana Fane. He spent the remainder of his life there improving the gardens until he died in 1915.

Notes

  1. "The Peace", The Times, London, 1 April 1856, page 9
  2. "Player Profile: Spencer Ponsonby-Fane". CricInro. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  3. "Obituary – Spencer Ponsonby-Fane". John Wisden & Co. CricInfo. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  4. "Obituary". The Times (36824). London. 19 July 1902. p. 12.
Court offices
Vacant
Title last held by
Sir William Martins
Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State
1901–1915
Vacant
Title next held by
Sir Edward Goschen
Heraldic offices
Preceded by
Sir John McNeill
King of Arms of the Order of the Bath
1904–1915
Vacant
Title next held by
Sir George Callaghan
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