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[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] '''Rupert Charles Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|TD|FCA}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Ministers' Interests |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61359/ministers-interests.pdf |publisher=Cabinet Office |access-date=15 October 2016 }}</ref> (born 30 June 1957), is a British [[hereditary peer]], former Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and retired [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] officer.
[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] '''Rupert Charles Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KCVO|TD|FCA}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Ministers' Interests |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61359/ministers-interests.pdf |publisher=Cabinet Office |date=February 2011 |access-date=16 June 2024 }}</ref> (born 30 June 1957), is a British [[hereditary peer]], former Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and retired [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] officer.


==Background and education==
==Background and education==
Ponsonby was born to Col. Hon. Thomas Maurice Ponsonby, [[Territorial Decoration|TD]], [[Magistrate (England and Wales)|JP]], [[Deputy lieutenant|DL]] (1930–2001), of The Common, [[Little Faringdon]], [[Lechlade]], late [[Royal Wessex Yeomanry]], [[High Sheriff of Gloucestershire#20th century 2|High Sheriff of Gloucestershire]], and his wife Maxine Henrietta (née Thellusson, 1934–2020), daughter of William Dudley Keith Thellusson, of 39, Draycott Place, [[SW postcode area#List of postcode districts|SW3]],<ref name=bp2003p1081>{{cite web| url=https://www.burkespeerage.com/record_to_view.php?book=Burke%27s%20Peerage%20107th%20Edition&ref=107th&page=1217&totalPages=4689&bref=3420%20156%203861%20226 |title=Burke's Peerage & Baronetage {{!}} De Mauley of Canford |website=Burke's Peerage |edition=107th |date=2003 |page=1081 |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-44177/version/5 |title=de Mauley |website=Who's Who |access-date=25 September 2019 }}</ref><ref>Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2008, p. 386.</ref> of the [[Brodsworth Hall]] branch of the family of the [[Baron Rendlesham|Barons Rendlesham]].<ref>Armorial Families, A. C. Fox-Davies, p. 1584.</ref> The [[Hubert Ponsonby, 5th Baron de Mauley|5th Baron de Mauley]] was his paternal grandfather.
Ponsonby was born to Col. the Hon. Thomas Maurice Ponsonby (1930–2001) of The Common, [[Little Faringdon]], [[Lechlade]], late [[Royal Wessex Yeomanry]], [[High Sheriff of Gloucestershire#20th century 2|High Sheriff of Gloucestershire]], and his wife Maxine Henrietta (née Thellusson, 1934–2020), daughter of William Dudley Keith Thellusson, of 39, Draycott Place, [[SW postcode area#List of postcode districts|SW3]],<ref name=bp2003p1081>{{cite web| url=https://www.burkespeerage.com/record_to_view.php?book=Burke%27s%20Peerage%20107th%20Edition&ref=107th&page=1217&totalPages=4689&bref=3420%20156%203861%20226 |title=Burke's Peerage & Baronetage {{!}} De Mauley of Canford |website=Burke's Peerage |edition=107th |date=2003 |page=1081 |access-date=23 December 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-44177/version/5 |title=de Mauley |website=Who's Who |date=1 December 2011 |access-date=16 June 2024 }}</ref><ref>Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2008, p. 386.</ref> of the [[Brodsworth Hall]] branch of the family of the [[Baron Rendlesham|Barons Rendlesham]].<ref>Armorial Families, A. C. Fox-Davies, p. 1584.</ref> The [[Hubert Ponsonby, 5th Baron de Mauley|5th Baron de Mauley]] was his paternal grandfather.


He was educated at [[Eton College]], an [[independent school]] for boys near [[Windsor, Berkshire]].
He was educated at [[Eton College]], an [[independent school]] for boys near [[Windsor, Berkshire]].


===Military service===
===Military service===
Ponsonby first joined the Territorial Army in 1976, when he was commissioned into the [[Royal Wessex Yeomanry]] as a [[second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=46909 |supp=y |page=7439 |date=24 May 1976 }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47264 |supp=y |page=8747 |date=4 July 1977 }}</ref> He was promoted to [[lieutenant]] in 1978,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47527 |supp=y |page=5471 |date=8 May 1978 }}</ref> [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in 1988,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52665 |supp=y |page=14496 |date=23 September 1991 }}</ref> and [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]] in 2003.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56811 |supp=y |page=125 |date=7 January 2003 }}</ref> In 1988, he was awarded the [[Territorial Decoration|Efficiency Decoration (Territorial)]] (TD).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51543 |supp=y |page=13394 |date=28 November 1988 }}</ref> He retired in 2005.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58008 |supp=y |page=8065 |date=13 June 2006 }}</ref> On 1 June 2011 he was appointed Colonel Commandant Yeomanry,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59873 |supp=y |page=15188 |date=9 August 2011 }}</ref> and on 1 July 2015 he became Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61307 |supp=y |page=13875 |date=28 July 2015 }}</ref>
Ponsonby first joined the Territorial Army in 1976, when he was commissioned into the [[Royal Wessex Yeomanry]] as a [[second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=46909 |supp=y |page=7439 |date=24 May 1976 }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47264 |supp=y |page=8747 |date=4 July 1977 }}</ref> He was promoted to [[lieutenant]] in 1978,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47527 |supp=y |page=5471 |date=8 May 1978 }}</ref> [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in 1988,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52665 |supp=y |page=14496 |date=23 September 1991 }}</ref> and [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]] in 2003.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56811 |supp=y |page=125 |date=7 January 2003 }}</ref> In 1988, he was awarded the [[Territorial Decoration|Efficiency Decoration (Territorial)]] (TD).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51543 |supp=y |page=13394 |date=28 November 1988 }}</ref> He retired in 2005.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58008 |supp=y |page=8065 |date=13 June 2006 }}</ref> From 1 June 2011 to 1 January 2024 he was Colonel Commandant Yeomanry, attached to the Royal Armoured Corps,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59873 |supp=y |page=15188 |date=9 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |page=3867 |supp=y |issue=64327 |date=27 February 2024}}</ref> and on 1 July 2015 he became Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61307 |supp=y |page=13875 |date=28 July 2015 }}</ref>


===Peerage===
===Peerage===
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==Master of the Horse==
==Master of the Horse==
[[File:Coronation of Charles III and Camilla - Coronation Procession (47) (Lord de Mauley cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Lord de Mauley as Master of Horse during the [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|coronation of Charles III]] in 2023]]
[[File:Coronation of Charles III and Camilla - Coronation Procession (47) (Lord de Mauley cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Lord de Mauley as Master of the Horse during the [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|coronation of Charles III]] in 2023]]
In July 2018, [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] appointed Lord de Mauley to succeed [[Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey|Lord Vestey]] as [[Master of the Horse#Master of the Horse (United Kingdom)|Master of the Horse]]. His appointment took effect on 1 January 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royal.uk/court-circular?text=Lord+De+Mauley&mrf=&date%5Bmin%5D%5Bdate%5D=28%2F07%2F2017&date%5Bmax%5D%5Bdate%5D=28%2F07%2F2018&id= |title=Appendix To Court Circular |publisher=[[Court Circular]] |date=26 July 2018 |access-date=28 July 2018 }}</ref> In this role, he took part in the [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|2023 coronation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Coronation order of service in full |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65503950 |website=BBC News |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>
In July 2018, [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] appointed Lord de Mauley to succeed [[Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey|Lord Vestey]] as [[Master of the Horse#Master of the Horse (United Kingdom)|Master of the Horse]]. His appointment took effect on 1 January 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royal.uk/court-circular?text=Lord+De+Mauley&mrf=&date%5Bmin%5D%5Bdate%5D=28%2F07%2F2017&date%5Bmax%5D%5Bdate%5D=28%2F07%2F2018&id= |title=Appendix To Court Circular |publisher=[[Court Circular]] |date=26 July 2018 |access-date=28 July 2018 }}</ref> In this role, he took part in the [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|2023 coronation of Charles III]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Coronation order of service in full |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65503950 |website=BBC News |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>

In the [[2024 King's Birthday Honours]], he was appointed a Knight Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (KCVO).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 64423 |date= 15 June 2024 |page= B4 |supp= y }}</ref>

On 18 June 2024, he stepped down from the role, and was succeeded by [[Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde|The Lord Ashton of Hyde]].


==Family==
==Family==
Lord de Mauley is married to Lucinda (née Royle), younger daughter of [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Lord Fanshawe of Richmond]].
Lord de Mauley is married to Lucinda (''née'' Royle), younger daughter of [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Lord Fanshawe of Richmond]].

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The heir to his title [[Baron de Mauley]] is his younger brother, the Hon. (Ashley) George Ponsonby,<ref name=bp2003p1081/>{{efn|Lord de Mauley's brother was allowed by a [[Royal warrant of precedence|warrant of precedence]] from [[Elizabeth II]] to use the style of ''[[The Honourable|Honourable]]'', because their father would have held the peerage but for his predeceasing the previous holder.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56937 |page=6081 |date=16 May 2003 }}</ref>}} who is married to the former Camilla Gordon-Lennox (''née'' Pilkington).{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}


==Arms==
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The heir to the title is his younger brother, the Hon. (Ashley) George Ponsonby,<ref name=bp2003p1081/>{{efn|Lord de Mauley's brother was allowed by a [[Royal Warrant of Precedence|warrant of precedence]] from [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] to use the style of ''[[The Honourable|Honourable]]'', because their father would have held the peerage but for his predeceasing the previous holder.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56937 |page=6081 |date=16 May 2003 }}</ref>}} who is married to the former Camilla Gordon-Lennox, ''née'' Pilkington.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
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==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
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Lieutenant Colonel The Right Honourable
The Lord de Mauley
KCVO TD FCA
Official portrait, 2018
Master of the Horse
In office
1 January 2019 – 18 June 2024
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Preceded byThe Lord Vestey
Succeeded byThe Lord Ashton of Hyde
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Science
In office
6 September 2012 – September 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Succeeded byThe Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
11 May 2010 – 6 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Lord Young of Norwood Green
Succeeded byThe Viscount Younger of Leckie
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as an elected hereditary peer
15 March 2005 – present
Preceded byThe 6th Baron Burnham
Personal details
Born (1957-06-30) 30 June 1957 (age 66)
Political partyConservative
Parents
  • Hon. Thomas Ponsonby
  • Maxine Thellusson
Alma materEton College
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army Reserve
Years of service1976–2005
RankLieutenant colonel
UnitRoyal Wessex Yeomanry

Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Charles Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley, KCVO, TD, FCA[1] (born 30 June 1957), is a British hereditary peer, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and retired Territorial Army officer.

Background and education[edit]

Ponsonby was born to Col. the Hon. Thomas Maurice Ponsonby (1930–2001) of The Common, Little Faringdon, Lechlade, late Royal Wessex Yeomanry, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, and his wife Maxine Henrietta (née Thellusson, 1934–2020), daughter of William Dudley Keith Thellusson, of 39, Draycott Place, SW3,[2][3][4] of the Brodsworth Hall branch of the family of the Barons Rendlesham.[5] The 5th Baron de Mauley was his paternal grandfather.

He was educated at Eton College, an independent school for boys near Windsor, Berkshire.

Military service[edit]

Ponsonby first joined the Territorial Army in 1976, when he was commissioned into the Royal Wessex Yeomanry as a second lieutenant.[6][7] He was promoted to lieutenant in 1978,[8] major in 1988,[9] and lieutenant-colonel in 2003.[10] In 1988, he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (Territorial) (TD).[11] He retired in 2005.[12] From 1 June 2011 to 1 January 2024 he was Colonel Commandant Yeomanry, attached to the Royal Armoured Corps,[13][14] and on 1 July 2015 he became Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry.[15]

Peerage[edit]

Lord de Mauley succeeded his uncle, the 6th Baron de Mauley, in October 2002. On 10 March 2005, he was declared the winner of a by-election for a Conservative hereditary peers' seat in the House of Lords after the death of Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham. He was the first peer to have acceded to a title after the House of Lords Act 1999 to have obtained an elective hereditaries' seat in the House.

Political career[edit]

Lord de Mauley speaks at the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London on 3 December 2014.

He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between 2012 and 2015, after taking over from John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Holbeach, who went to the Home Office. He was previously a Government Lord-in-waiting (a position in the Royal Household given to Government Lords whips) and also served as a Shadow Minister for Children, Schools & Families and Energy & Climate Change from 2008 to 2009, and then an opposition whip from 2009 to 2010.[16]

His selection in 2014 to lead UK fisheries talks in the European Union faced certain criticism, given his background as a hereditary peer with no prior experience in this field.

National Pollinator Strategy[edit]

In June 2013 de Mauley announced that his department would produce a National Pollinator Strategy. This followed the Bee Cause campaign led by Friends of the Earth and supported by well over 200 MPs for a bee action plan. Leading bee scientists set seven tests to help assess whether the plan is capable of helping pollinators.[17][18]

Master of the Horse[edit]

Lord de Mauley as Master of the Horse during the coronation of Charles III in 2023

In July 2018, the Queen appointed Lord de Mauley to succeed Lord Vestey as Master of the Horse. His appointment took effect on 1 January 2019.[19] In this role, he took part in the 2023 coronation of Charles III.[20]

In the 2024 King's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).[21]

On 18 June 2024, he stepped down from the role, and was succeeded by The Lord Ashton of Hyde.

Family[edit]

Lord de Mauley is married to Lucinda (née Royle), younger daughter of Lord Fanshawe of Richmond.

The heir to his title Baron de Mauley is his younger brother, the Hon. (Ashley) George Ponsonby,[2][a] who is married to the former Camilla Gordon-Lennox (née Pilkington).[citation needed]

Arms[edit]

Coat of arms of Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley
Crest
Out of a ducal coronet Or three arrows points downwards one in pale and two in saltire entwined at the intersection by a snake Proper.
Escutcheon
Gules a chevron between three combs Argent.
Supporters
Dexter a lion reguardant Proper sinister a bull Sable armed unguled tufted and ducally gorged Or.
Motto
Pro Rege Lege Grece (For The King The Law And The People)[23]

Notes and references[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Lord de Mauley's brother was allowed by a warrant of precedence from Elizabeth II to use the style of Honourable, because their father would have held the peerage but for his predeceasing the previous holder.[22]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Ministers' Interests" (PDF). Cabinet Office. February 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Burke's Peerage & Baronetage | De Mauley of Canford". Burke's Peerage (107th ed.). 2003. p. 1081. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ^ "de Mauley". Who's Who. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  4. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2008, p. 386.
  5. ^ Armorial Families, A. C. Fox-Davies, p. 1584.
  6. ^ "No. 46909". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 May 1976. p. 7439.
  7. ^ "No. 47264". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 July 1977. p. 8747.
  8. ^ "No. 47527". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 May 1978. p. 5471.
  9. ^ "No. 52665". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 September 1991. p. 14496.
  10. ^ "No. 56811". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 2003. p. 125.
  11. ^ "No. 51543". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 November 1988. p. 13394.
  12. ^ "No. 58008". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2006. p. 8065.
  13. ^ "No. 59873". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 August 2011. p. 15188.
  14. ^ "No. 64327". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 2024. p. 3867.
  15. ^ "No. 61307". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 July 2015. p. 13875.
  16. ^ The Lord De Mauley, TD
  17. ^ Bees Summit: A Summary Heading towards a National Pollinator Strategy
  18. ^ "National pollinator strategy: for bees and other pollinators in England". gov.uk. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Appendix To Court Circular". Court Circular. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  20. ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  21. ^ "No. 64423". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2024. p. B4.
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  23. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 2039.

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron de Mauley
2002–present 		Incumbent
Heir presumptive:
the Hon. George Ponsonby
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
2005–present 		Incumbent
Court offices
Preceded by Master of the Horse
2019–2024 		Succeeded by


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