Victoria Ponsonby, Baroness Sysonby

Victoria Lily Hegan Ponsonby, Baroness Sysonby (née Kennard; 1874 – 2 June 1955),[1] was a British cookbook author with an "eager and unconventional mind" whose recipes were popular during the 1930s and 1940s.[2][3] Her friend Osbert Sitwell described her book Lady Sysonby's Cookbook as "varied, historic, traditional, and not intended for the rich man's table alone".[4]

  1. ^ "The Times". Obituary. 3 June 1955.
  2. ^ Sage, Lorna (1999). The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English. Cambridge University Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0521668132.
  3. ^ Esher (7 June 1955). "The Times".
  4. ^ Sysonby, Ria (1948). Lady Sysonby's Cook Book. Putnam. p. xi.