Frederick Matthew Thomas Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, Baron Ponsonby of Roehampton (born 27 October 1958), is a British peer and Labour Party politician.
The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | |
| Assumed office 9 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Sir Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | The Lord Bellamy |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 19 April 2000 as a life peer | |
| In office 14 June 1990 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished[a] |
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| Born | Frederick Matthew Thomas Ponsonby 27 October 1958 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Relations | Ponsonby family |
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Early and personal life
editPonsonby was born on 27 October 1958 to Thomas Ponsonby, 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, and Ursula Fox-Pitt. He is married with two children: Eve (born 1991) and Cameron (born 1995).
Political career
editAs his father's eldest child, he succeeded him as Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede and a hereditary peer upon his death in 1990. A member of the Labour Party, he lost his seat in the House of Lords after the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999. However, he returned to the chamber as a life peer in 2000, as Baron Ponsonby of Roehampton, of Shulbrede in the County of West Sussex. Ponsonby has served as an opposition spokesperson for Justice since April 2020 and Home Affairs since May 2021.
On 9 July 2024, Ponsonby was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice in the Ministry of Justice and as a lord-in-waiting.[1]
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Notes
edit- ^ Seat abolished by the House of Lords Act 1999.
References
edit- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". gov.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage. 2000.
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