Biography of Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster 1902-1993
Paternal Family Tree: Ponsonby
On 22 Dec 1899 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster (age 74) died. His grandson [her future husband] Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 20) succeeded 2nd Duke Westminster, 4th Marquess Westminster, 5th Earl Grosvenor, 11th Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire. Monument in Grosvenor Chapel, St Mary's Church, Eccleston [Map] sculpted by Leon Joseph Chavalliaud (age 41).
On 16 Feb 1901 [her future husband] Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 21) and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster.
On 06 Feb 1902 Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster was born to Frederick Edward Grey "Fritz" Ponsonby (age 34).
On 26 Nov 1920 [her future husband] Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 41) and Violet Nelson Duchess Westminster (age 29) were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster.
On 26 Nov 1920 [her future husband] Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 41) and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster (age 29) were married.
In 1926 [her future husband] Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 46) and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster (age 35) were divorced.
On 20 Feb 1930 Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 50) and Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster (age 28) were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster. His third marriage; her first. Winston Churchill (age 55) was best man. They were married until 1947 when the marriage was dissolved. No issue. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
The Times. 21 Feb 1930. THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER AND MISS PONSONBY. The marriage of the [her husband] Duke of Westminster (age 50) and Miss Loelia Mary Ponsonby (age 28), daughter of [her father] Sir Frederick (age 62) and Lady Ponsonby, of Great Tangley Manor Guildford, and St. James's Palace [Map], took place at Prince's-row Register Office yesterday. Among those present were Mr. Winston Churchill (age 55), Lady Serena James (age 28), Mrs Walter Rubens, Colonel (age 65) and Mrs. Guy Wyndham, Captain and Mrs. Cowes, Mrs. Basil Kerr, 2ir. and Mrs. George Drunmaond, and AMr. and Mrs. Richard Guinness. The Duke and Duchess left for their honey- uoon in the Duke's steam yacht the Cutty i Sark, wlhich was moored at Deptford [Map].
On 20 Oct 1935 [her father] Frederick Edward Grey "Fritz" Ponsonby (age 68) died.
Before 31 Aug 1945. William Acton (age 39). Portrait of Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster (age 43).
Before 31 Aug 1945. William Acton (age 39). Portrait of Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster (age 43).
On 07 Feb 1947 [her husband] Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 67) and Anne Winifred Sullivan Marchioness Westminster (age 31) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Westminster. The difference in their ages was 36 years.
On 19 Jul 1953 [her husband] Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 74) died. His first cousin William Grosvenor 3rd Duke Westminster (age 58) succeeded 3rd Duke Westminster, 5th Marquess Westminster, 6th Earl Grosvenor, 12th Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire.
On 01 Nov 1993 Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster (age 91) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ponsonby 2nd Earl Bessborough 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Margetson 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough 12 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire
10 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Cavendish Countess Bessborough 11 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskyns Duchess Devonshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Georgiana Caroline Carteret
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Poyntz
13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Maria Mordaunt
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Henry Ponsonby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Allen Bathurst 1st Earl Bathurst 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Bathurst 2nd Earl Bathurst 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Apsley Countess Bathurst Sussex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Scawen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Tryphena Scawen Countess Bathurst Sussex 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Tryphena Russell
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Emily Bathurst 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond
Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Lennox Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond
Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Lennox Countess Bathurst 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Henry Kerr 4th Marquess Lothian 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louisa Kerr 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Darcy Marchioness Lothian
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Father: Frederick Edward Grey "Fritz" Ponsonby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Crocker Bulteel
GrandMother: Mary Elizabeth Bulteel 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Baronet
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hannah Wood
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Grey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ogle 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ponsonby 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork 12 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cavendish 11 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey 13 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Molesworth 3rd Viscount Molesworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louisa Molesworth Countess Fitzwilliam
Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland