Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough

The Earl of Bessborough
Born	Myles Fitzhugh Longfield Ponsonby 16 February 1941 (1941-02-16) (age 70)
Title	Earl of Bessborough
Spouse(s)	Alison Marjorie Storey
Parents	Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough Patricia Minnigerode

Myles Fitzhugh Longfield Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough (born 16 February 1941), is a British peer.

He is the son of Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Patricia Minnigerode, daughter of Col. Fitzhugh Lee Minnigerode.

Education and career

He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Later he was invested as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Family

In 1972 he married Alison Marjorie Storey, daughter of William Storey, and together they have three children:

• Hon. Frederick Arthur William Ponsonby, styled Viscount Duncannon (born 9 August 1974)
• Lady Chloe Patricia Ponsonby (born 1975)
• Hon. Henry Shakerley Ponsonby (born 1977)

Succession

The heir apparent to the earldom is the current earl's eldest son, Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon. In 2005 he married Emily Mott, daughter of Dr. Peter Mott, and together they have two children:

• Hon. Eleanor Grace Ponsonby (born 8 May 2006)
• Hon. William Ponsonby (born 6 May 2008)

References

• Cracroft's Peerage
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• www.thepeerage.com
• ‘BESSBOROUGH’, Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009
• ‘DUNCANNON, Viscount; Frederick Arthur William Ponsonby’, Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Arthur Ponsonby	Earl of Bessborough 2002–	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Bessborough, Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl Of
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	16 February 1941
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death