Paternal Family Tree: Ponsonby
On 16th February 1901 [her future husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 21] and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster.
On 6th February 1902 Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster was born to Frederick "Fritz" Ponsonby 1st Baron Sysonby [aged 34].
1917. Glyn Philpot [aged 32]. Portrait of Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster [aged 14].
On 19th December 1919 Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 40] and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 42] were divorced on the grounds of his desertion and misconduct, with the decree being made absolute 19 December 1919. The alimony settlement of £13,000 a year he made upon her, which she declined, was then the largest in British legal history.
"The duchess of Westminster has been granted a divorce from Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, second duke of Westminster, on the grounds of desertion and misconduct. Counsel for the duke said a simple dental to the charges had been entered original1y, but that upon trial the case had not been contested, The duchess of Westminster formerly was Constance Edwina, daughter of Col. Willlam Cornwallis-West, She and her husband signed na separation agreement in 1914, They were married in 1901 and have two children. The duke of Westminster served in Egypt in 1915 and won the D.S.O. for bravery. The duchess is one of the most beautiful women in the British isles, The duke is England's richest landlord and the world's most ardent and possibly most expert polo player. He owns 600 acres In the heart of London, Grosvenor House gallery, founded in 1770, and 30,000 acres of rich land in Cheshire.
On 14th January 1920, just over three weeks after her divorce from [her future husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 40], John Fitzpatrick Lewis and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 42] were married.
On 26th November 1920 [her future husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 41] and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster [aged 29] were married.
In 1926 [her future husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 46] and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster [aged 35] were divorced.
Around 1927. Cecil Beaton [aged 22]. Photograph of Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster [aged 24] wearing the Westminster Halo tiara.
On 20th February 1930 Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 50] and Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster. His third marriage; her first. Winston Churchill [aged 55] was best man. They were married until 1947 when the marriage was dissolved. No issue. The difference in their ages was 22 years. They were fourth cousin once removed.
The Times. 21st February 1930. THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER AND MISS PONSONBY. The marriage of the [her husband] Duke of Westminster [aged 50] and Miss Loelia Mary Ponsonby [aged 28], daughter of [her father] Sir Frederick [aged 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 [aged 55], Lady Serena James [aged 28], Mrs Walter Rubens, Colonel [aged 65] and Mrs. Guy Wyndham, Captain and Mrs. Cowes, Mrs. Basil Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. George Drummond, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Guinness. The Duke and Duchess left for their honeymoon in the Duke's steam yacht the Cutty Sark, wlhich was moored at Deptford [Map].
On 20th October 1935 [her father] Frederick "Fritz" Ponsonby 1st Baron Sysonby [aged 68] died. His son [her brother] Edward [aged 32] succeeded 2nd Baron Sysonby of Wonersh in Surrey.
On 26th July 1936 [her sister-in-law] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp [aged 59] died estranged from all her children except her youngest Richard Edward Lygon [aged 19].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 5th October 1940 Major Stephen Hardy Vernon [aged 29] and [her step-daughter] Ursula Mary Grosvenor [aged 38] were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. She the daughter of [her husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 61] and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 63].
Before 31st August 1945. William Acton [aged 39]. Portrait of Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster [aged 43].
Before 31st August 1945. William Acton [aged 39]. Portrait of Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster [aged 43].
On 7th February 1947 [her husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 67] and Anne Winifred Sullivan Marchioness Westminster [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Westminster. The difference in their ages was 36 years.
On 19th July 1953 [her husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 74] died. His first cousin William [aged 58] succeeded 3rd Duke Westminster, 5th Marquess Westminster, 6th Earl Grosvenor, 12th Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire.
In 1956 [her brother] Edward Gaspard Ponsonby 2nd Baron Sysonby [aged 53] died. His son [her nephew] John [aged 11] succeeded 3rd Baron Sysonby of Wonersh in Surrey.
On 1st August 1969 Martin Lindsay 1st Baronet [aged 63] and Loelia Ponsonby [aged 67] were married. She the former wife of the Duke of Westminster.
On 5th May 1981 [her husband] Martin Lindsay 1st Baronet [aged 75] died.
On 1st November 1993 Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster [aged 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 Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough 
11 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ponsonby 2nd Earl Bessborough 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Margetson 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 
10 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Cavendish Countess Bessborough 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 
11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Georgiana Caroline Carteret 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Poyntz 
13 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Maria Mordaunt 
10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Henry Ponsonby 4 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Allen Bathurst 1st Earl Bathurst 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Bathurst 2nd Earl Bathurst 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Apsley Countess Bathurst Sussex 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst 12 x Great Grandson of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Scawen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Tryphena Scawen Countess Bathurst Sussex 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Tryphena Russell 
10 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Emily Bathurst 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond 
Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Lennox Great Grandson 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 Granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Henry Kerr 4th Marquess Lothian 6 x Great Grandson of King James V of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louisa Kerr 4 x Great Granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Darcy Marchioness Lothian 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
father: Frederick "Fritz" Ponsonby 1st Baron Sysonby 5 x Great Grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Crocker Bulteel
Grandmother: Mary Elizabeth Bulteel 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Baronet 
12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hannah Wood
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Grey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ogle 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ponsonby 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cavendish 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of 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 Granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland