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Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane, 1824-1915

Nationality: English
Date of Birth: 14 March 1824
Place of Birth: Cavendish Square, London

Identity:

Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane was a diplomat and courtier. He married Louisa Anne Rose, daughter of the 13th Viscount Dillon in 1847.

Life:

Ponsonby-Fane spent his career from 1840 in the Foreign Office. His posts included that of British attaché in Washington DC, and Private Secretary to three Foreign Secretaries.

Bibliography:

Who's Who, London, 1898; Who was Who: a companion to Who's who, vol. 1, 1897/1915, London, 1920-21; Debrett's Illustrated Peerage, London, 1896.