Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley
Lieutenant Colonel The Right Honourable The Lord de Mauley TD FCA | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
Master of the Horse | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 1 January 2019 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Preceded by | The Lord Vestey |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Science | |
In office 6 September 2012 – September 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | The Lord Taylor of Holbeach |
Succeeded by | The Lord Gardiner of Kimble |
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
In office 11 May 2010 – 6 September 2012 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | The Lord Young of Norwood Green |
Succeeded by | The Viscount Younger of Leckie |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
as an elected hereditary peer 15 March 2005 – present | |
Preceded by | The 6th Baron Burnham |
Personal details | |
Born | (1957-06-30) 30 June 1957 (age 66) |
Political party | Conservative |
Parents |
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Alma mater | Eton College |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch/service | British Army Reserve |
Years of service | 1976–2005 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Unit | Royal Wessex Yeomanry |
Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Charles Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley, 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
Ponsonby was born to Col. 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
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
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
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
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
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]
Family
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]
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ 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.[21]
References
- ^ "List of Ministers' Interests" (PDF). Cabinet Office. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Burke's Peerage & Baronetage | De Mauley of Canford". Burke's Peerage (107th ed.). 2003. p. 1081. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "de Mauley". Who's Who. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2008, p. 386.
- ^ Armorial Families, A. C. Fox-Davies, p. 1584.
- ^ "No. 46909". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 May 1976. p. 7439.
- ^ "No. 47264". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 July 1977. p. 8747.
- ^ "No. 47527". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 May 1978. p. 5471.
- ^ "No. 52665". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 September 1991. p. 14496.
- ^ "No. 56811". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 2003. p. 125.
- ^ "No. 51543". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 November 1988. p. 13394.
- ^ "No. 58008". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2006. p. 8065.
- ^ "No. 59873". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 August 2011. p. 15188.
- ^ "No. 64327". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 2024. p. 3867.
- ^ "No. 61307". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 July 2015. p. 13875.
- ^ The Lord De Mauley, TD
- ^ Bees Summit: A Summary Heading towards a National Pollinator Strategy
- ^ "National pollinator strategy: for bees and other pollinators in England". gov.uk. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Appendix To Court Circular". Court Circular. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "No. 56937". The London Gazette. 16 May 2003. p. 6081.
External links
- Rupert de Mauley, at Conservatives.com
- Lord De Mauley, political biography, only partially available without subscription; photograph available without subscription.
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Baron de Mauley 2002–present | Incumbent Heir presumptive: 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–present | Incumbent |
Order of precedence in England and Wales | ||
Preceded byas Lord Chamberlain | Gentlemen as Master of the Horse | Followed by |
Order of precedence in Northern Ireland | ||
Preceded byas Lord Chamberlain | Gentlemen as Master of the Horse | Followed by |
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