Henry Ponsonby

Sir Henry Ponsonby
'The Privy Purse'.
Ponsonby as caricatured by Théobald Chartran in Vanity Fair, March 1883
Private Secretary to the Sovereign
In office
1870–1895
MonarchVictoria
Preceded bySir Charles Grey
Succeeded bySir Arthur Bigge
Personal details
Born
Henry Frederick Ponsonby

(1825-12-10)10 December 1825
Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands British Protectorate
Died21 November 1895(1895-11-21) (aged 69)
East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
SpouseMary Elizabeth Bulteel
Children5, including Frederick and Arthur
Parent(s)Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby
Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst

Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby GCB PC (10 December 1825 – 21 November 1895) was a British soldier and royal court official who served as Queen Victoria's Private Secretary.