21-707: Baron de Mauley , of Canford in the County of Dorset , is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created on 10 July 1838 for the Whig politician the Hon. William Ponsonby , who had earlier represented Poole , Knaresborough and Dorset in the House of Commons . He was the third son of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough , an Anglo-Irish peer, and his wife Lady Henrietta Spencer, daughter of
42-569: A great-granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Zetland . They had two sons. The eldest, the 6th Baron, married Helen Alice Douglas, a granddaughter of the 19th Earl of Morton ; the marriage was childless. Their second son, Col. Hon. Thomas Ponsonby, an officer of the Wessex Yeomanry who held the offices of Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and High Sheriff of Gloucestershire , married Maxine Henrietta Thellusson, whose great-great-great-grandfather Charles Thellusson , Member of Parliament for Evesham ,
63-542: Is nearly a thousand years old. During late Saxon times, a small cruciform chapel was built, which is now the chancel . The church was much expanded during the Norman period in the perpendicular gothic style, using dark local stone, with the North tower being added circa 1180. Canford School , a co-educational private boarding school is located in the village. The school was previously the mansion and estate of Lord Wimborne , yet
84-531: Is situated just south of the River Stour and lies between the towns of Wimborne Minster and Poole . The village was significantly developed by the Guest family of Canford Manor, featuring a mixture of thatch and brick buildings, now mostly serving as residences for teaching staff. The western edge of the village merges with the residential suburb of Merley and the village community of Oakley . The village school
105-554: Is the present holder's brother, the Hon. (Ashley) George Ponsonby (born 1959). The title next falls to Sir Charles Ponsonby, 3rd Baronet (born 1951), a third cousin of the present holder and his brother. He is the great-grandson of the Hon. Edwin Ponsonby, fifth son of the 2nd Baron. Canford Canford Magna is a village in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset , England. The village
126-634: The Chief of the Defence Staff ( General Sir Charles Guthrie ), and latterly as air officer plans at Headquarters Strike Command . Ponsonby was a graduate of the RAF Staff College and the Joint Service Command and Staff College . Ponsonby was appointed air officer commanding Training Group on 4 January 2005 and became air officer commanding No. 22 (Training) Group on 30 October 2006. It
147-492: The First Lord Wimborne , and his wife Cornelia who inherited the manor in 1880, the work to convert Canford Magna into a model village was completed. The finished village had created such a stir that sightseers from Bournemouth travelled by horse drawn charabancs to view it. They arrived to trumpet fanfare and were taken around by guide well versed in the benefits of the model village. The favoured season for this tours
168-572: The 1st Earl Spencer . He married Lady Barbara Ashley-Cooper, the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury . She was one of the co-heirs to the ancient barony by writ of Mauley (or Maulay), which superseded the feudal barony the caput of which was at Mulgrave Castle , Yorkshire, which barony by writ had become extinct in 1415. Their son, later the 2nd Baron , sat as Member of Parliament for Poole and Dungarvon . He married his first cousin Lady Maria Ponsonby, daughter of
189-574: The 4th Earl of Bessborough . Their eldest son, the 3rd Baron, never married, so the barony was inherited by his brother, who became the 4th Baron. He married the Hon. Madeline Hanbury-Tracy, daughter of the 2nd Baron Sudeley . They had two sons, Capt. Gerald Ponsonby, an officer in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers who was killed in the First World War, and Hubert, who became the 5th Baron. The 5th Baron married Elgiva Margaret Dundas,
210-547: The House of Lords Act of 1999, to have obtained an elective hereditary peers seat in the House of Lords. In July 2018, the Queen appointed the 7th Baron to succeed the 3rd Baron Vestey as Master of the Horse . The appointment took effect on 1 January 2019. The Hon. Ashley Ponsonby , younger son of the 1st Baron , was a Liberal politician. Another member of this branch of the Ponsonby family
231-473: The estate cottages, constructing more across the estate in Ashington , Merley and Poole . She also commissioned the thatcher, John Hicks, to add rustic porches of oak branches and twigs to the existing terraced cottages. Hick's work and the architecture of Canford Village were captured in a series of drawings by the artist Barbara Jones which appeared in an article of The Architectural Review in 1944. Under
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#1733115410268252-834: The period 1 October 2001 to 31 March 2002". He was promoted to his final rank of air vice marshal on 4 January 2005. Ponsonby served as a support helicopter pilot throughout his career, and as a helicopter and tactics instructor. He commanded No. 78 Squadron in the Falkland Islands , No. 27 Squadron in the UK, the Support Helicopter Force in Bosnia and RAF Aldergrove /Joint Helicopter Force in Northern Ireland . Ponsonby held staff appointments at group, command and m inistry level, including as deputy principal staff officer to
273-415: Was Autumn when the gables of the cottages were covered in scarlet Virginia creeper and the great chestnuts that lined the streets were in colour. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 2985. On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Poole and Pamphill . It is now in the unparished area of Poole. Canford Magna Parish Church is within the village, the oldest part of which
294-500: Was announced on 16 January 2007 that Ponsonby was to be chief of staff operations, Headquarters Air Command , from July 2007. He chose instead to leave military service to take a commercial role as senior vice president training, AgustaWestland . Ponsonby was married to Marie Jose Antoinette Van Huizen-Husselson from 1980. They had three children, Charlotte Emma (born 1982), Luke Myles William (born 1986) and Francesca Sarah (born 1986). Ponsonby died from cancer on 21 October 2022, at
315-676: Was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1999 New Year Honours , and was made an aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II on 1 August 2001. He relinquished this appointment on 3 May 2002, being promoted to air commodore on 1 July that year. Ponsonby was also awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the 2002 Operational Honours List "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Northern Ireland during
336-600: Was built in 1866 and now serves as the youth club for Canford and Merley. The new buildings were started in 1866, beginning with a school and mortuary chapel. Lady Charlotte Guest , of Canford Manor, had become heavily involved in the estate and had commissioned the construction of three blocks of terraced cottages. These were built between 1870 and 1872, embellished with gables , ornamental chimneys, lattice windows, and large ornamental door hinges. These became widely known as Lady Wimborne Cottages . Cornelia Guest, Daughter-in-law of Lady Charlotte , also shared an interest in
357-563: Was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in April 1983 as a pilot, after nine years service as an infantry officer in the British Army. On 10 April 1983, he was appointed to a permanent commission and promoted to flight lieutenant with seniority from 10 March 1980. On 1 July 1988, he was promoted to squadron leader , and then to wing commander on 1 January 1994. As a group captain , he
378-592: Was his great-great-grandfather. He has two sisters. After graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , he was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets as a second lieutenant on 8 March 1975. He was promoted to lieutenant on 8 March 1977, and to captain on 8 September 1981. He relinquished his commission on 7 March 1983, therefore retiring from the British Army . Ponsonby
399-433: Was sold to form the school in 1923. A golf club lies on the edge of the village and the school. John Ponsonby (RAF officer) Air Vice-Marshal John Maurice Maynard Ponsonby , OBE (8 August 1955 – 21 October 2022) was a British businessman and a senior officer of the Royal Air Force . Ponsonby was born on 8 August 1955 to Myles Ponsonby (1924–1999) and Ann Maynard. Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley ,
420-529: Was the Conservative politician Charles Ponsonby , who was created a baronet in 1956. He was the son of the Hon. Edwin Charles William Ponsonby, fifth son of the 2nd Baron. Former Air Vice Marshal John Ponsonby was the son of officer, diplomat and politician Myles Ponsonby , and a grandson of Victor Coope Ponsonby, the fourth son of the Hon. Edwin Charles William Ponsonby. The heir presumptive
441-430: Was the younger brother of the 1st Baron Rendlesham . As of 2024, the title is held by their eldest son, the 7th Baron , who succeeded his uncle in 2002. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 , and sits as a Conservative . He was elected in 2005 and thereby became the first hereditary peer having succeeded to his title after
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