Gibbs Family Tree
Helen Geraldine Maria Ponsonby, Countess of Morton
1853 - 1949 (96 years)1. Helen Geraldine Maria Ponsonby, Countess of Morton was born in Jan 1853 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire (daughter of Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley of Canford and Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby); died on 5 Jan 1949. Helen married Sholto George Watson Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton on 25 Jul 1877 in St. Mark's, North Audley St, Mayfair, London. Sholto was born on 5 Nov 1844 in Dalmahoy, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 8 Oct 1935 in Conaglen, Ardgour, Argyllshire, Scotland; was buried on 11 Oct 1935 in Dalmahoy, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Lord Aberdour Sholto Charles Watson Douglas was born on 4 Dec 1878 in 27 Grosvenor St, London; died on 29 Sep 1911 in Birdlip, Gloucestershire; was buried in St. Mary's, Dalmahoy, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
- Charles William Sholto Douglas was born on 19 Jul 1881; died on 10 Oct 1960.
2. Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley of Canford was born on 12 Sep 1815 (son of William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley of Canford and Barbara Ashley-Cooper); died on 24 Aug 1896; was buried on 29 Aug 1896 in Oxfordshire. Charles married Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby. Maria (daughter of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough and Rt Hon Lady Maria Fane) was born on 14 Mar 1819; died on 13 sept 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby was born on 14 Mar 1819 (daughter of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough and Rt Hon Lady Maria Fane); died on 13 sept 1897. Children:
- 1. Helen Geraldine Maria Ponsonby, Countess of Morton was born in Jan 1853 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; died on 5 Jan 1949.
Generation: 3
4. William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley of Canford was born on 31 Jul 1787 in Sysonby, Leicestershire (son of 3rd Earl of Westmorland Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Frances Spencer, Countess of Bessborough); died on 16 May 1855 in St James Piccadilly, Westminster, London ; was buried on 23 May 1855 in Hatherop, Gloucestershire. William married Barbara Ashley-Cooper on 8 Aug 1814. Barbara was born on 19 Oct 1788; died on 5 Jun 1844 in Albemarle Street, Westminster, Middlesex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Barbara Ashley-Cooper was born on 19 Oct 1788; died on 5 Jun 1844 in Albemarle Street, Westminster, Middlesex. Children:
- 2. Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley of Canford was born on 12 Sep 1815; died on 24 Aug 1896; was buried on 29 Aug 1896 in Oxfordshire.
6. John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough was born on 31 Aug 1781 (son of 3rd Earl of Westmorland Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Frances Spencer, Countess of Bessborough); died on 16 May 1847 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. John married Rt Hon Lady Maria Fane. Maria (daughter of 10th Earl of Westmorland John Fane and Sarah Anne Child) was born on 11 May 1787 in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire; died on 19 Mar 1834 in London; was buried in Wimbledon, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Rt Hon Lady Maria Fane was born on 11 May 1787 in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire (daughter of 10th Earl of Westmorland John Fane and Sarah Anne Child); died on 19 Mar 1834 in London; was buried in Wimbledon, London. Children:
- 3. Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby was born on 14 Mar 1819; died on 13 sept 1897.
Generation: 4
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3rd Earl of Westmorland Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough was born on 24 Jan 1758 in Sysonby, Leicestershire; died on 3 Feb 1844 in Canford, Dorset. Frederick married Henrietta Frances Spencer, Countess of Bessborough on 27 Nov 1780 in St James Piccadilly, Westminster, London . Henrietta (daughter of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, Countess Spencer) was born on 16 Jun 1761 in Wimbledon, London; died on 11 Nov 1821 in Florence, Toscana, Italy; was buried in Cavendish Vault, Derby, Derbyshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Henrietta Frances Spencer, Countess of Bessborough was born on 16 Jun 1761 in Wimbledon, London (daughter of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, Countess Spencer); died on 11 Nov 1821 in Florence, Toscana, Italy; was buried in Cavendish Vault, Derby, Derbyshire. Children:
- 6. John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough was born on 31 Aug 1781; died on 16 May 1847 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland.
- 4. William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley of Canford was born on 31 Jul 1787 in Sysonby, Leicestershire; died on 16 May 1855 in St James Piccadilly, Westminster, London ; was buried on 23 May 1855 in Hatherop, Gloucestershire.
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10th Earl of Westmorland John Fane was born on 1 Jun 1759 in London; died on 15 Dec 1841 in 83 Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex; was buried on 27 Dec 1841 in Apethorpe, Northamptonshire. John married Sarah Anne Child on 20 May 1782 in Gretna Green, Dumfries, Scotland. Sarah was born on 25 Aug 1764 in Osterley Park, London; died on 9 Nov 1793 in The Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland; was buried on 10 Dec 1793 in Apethorpe with Woodnewton, Northamptonshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Sarah Anne Child was born on 25 Aug 1764 in Osterley Park, London; died on 9 Nov 1793 in The Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland; was buried on 10 Dec 1793 in Apethorpe with Woodnewton, Northamptonshire. Children:
- 7. Rt Hon Lady Maria Fane was born on 11 May 1787 in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire; died on 19 Mar 1834 in London; was buried in Wimbledon, London.