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Sir Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby, 2Bt. KCVO, MC, DL

Male 1921 - 2010  (89 years)


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  • Name Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby 
    Title Sir 
    Suffix 2Bt. KCVO, MC, DL 
    Birth 21 Feb 1921  2 Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 22 Mar 1921 
    Military Service Between 1945 and 1946 
    Residence 1949  Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1951  Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1952  Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1956  Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1957  Windsor, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival 26 Nov 1961  Hamilton, Bermuda Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1969  Windsor, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1982  Woodstock, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 15 Jun 2010  Grim's Dyke Farm, Woodleys, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1HJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Wootton, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Baptised 22 March 1921 at Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, Westminster. Educated at Eton College and Oxford (Balliol College).

      1941 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards. 1942-45 served in Second World War in North Africa and Italy. Wounded in Italy. Captain 1943. Awarded Military Cross.

      From 1946 worked initially with Helbert Wagg & Co., Merchant Bankers and, after the merger in April 1962, with J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. Ltd. A Managing Director of Helbert Wagg since January 1957 and of J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. Ltd., since 1962.

      Director of: The Associated Biscuit Manufacturers Ltd.; Australian & International Trust Ltd.; City & Commercial Investment Trust Ltd.; The Colville Estate Ltd. (Chairman); The Equitable Life Assurance Society; Fundinvest Ltd.; Romney Trust Ltd.; Rowntree mackintosh Ltd.; Schroder Executor & Trustee Co. Ltd.; Schroder Properties Ltd.; Triplevest Ltd.; Updown Investment Co. Ltd.; Cheapside Dollar Fund (New York).

      Church Commissioner (since 1963), serving on the Assets Committee, which looks after their Stock Exchange securities, urban property and farmland. A member of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster. Trustee of The Dulverton Trust. Deputy Chairman of London House for Overseas Graduates. Trustee of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Trust. Trustee of the Oxford and District Hospitals Improvement Fund. Vice-President of the Oxfordshire Playing Fields Association, Governor of the Ditchley Foundation. Governor of the Church School at Wootton and Member of the Wootton PCC. Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire from 1 January 1980.

      Runs a small Dairy Farm at Woodleys, Woodstock. Interested in forestry and gardening.

      Four sons: Charles Ashley, born 1951, Chartered Account, and married Mary Bromley Davenport in 1983; Rupert Spencer, born 1953, Scrap Metal Merchant, and married Amanda Colvin in 1985; Luke Arthur, born 1957, 9/12th Lancers; John Piers, born 1962, Page of Honour to HM The Queen 1976-1978,

      Clubs: Brook's, Pratt's.
    Person ID I1907  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2018 

    Father Sir Charles Edward Ponsonby, TD,   b. 2 Sep 1879, Grosvenor Street, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1976, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Mother The Hon. Winifred Marian Gibbs, JP,   b. 29 Mar 1886, 34 York Terrace, St Marylebone, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1984, Garrett's House, Woodstock Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jul 1912  Hunsdon, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F864  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Martha Butler,   b. 14 Jan 1926, Farnborough, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 2010, Grim's Dyke Farm, Woodleys, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1HJ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 14 Sep 1950  Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Charles Ashley Ponsonby, 3rd Baronet
    Family ID F866  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Feb 1921 - 2 Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1949 - Westminster, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Sep 1950 - Westminster, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1951 - Chelsea, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1952 - Chelsea, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1956 - Chelsea, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1957 - Windsor, Berkshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 26 Nov 1961 - Hamilton, Bermuda Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1969 - Windsor, Berkshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1982 - Woodstock, Oxfordshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jun 2010 - Grim's Dyke Farm, Woodleys, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1HJ Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Wootton, Oxfordshire Link to Google Earth
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