The Hon Carolyn Mary Ponsonby, who died 26 May, 2023, aged 84, was a scion of the Barons Sysonsby.
She was born 9 November, 1938, the only daughter of Lieutenant-Col Edward Gaspard Ponsonby, the 2nd Baron Sysonsby, DSO (1903-1956), and his wife the former Sallie Whitney Sanford (who died 1979).
Following her father's death, 21 January, 1956, her mother married as her 3rd husband, 15 Feb, 1958, Maj Edward Robert Francis Compton (1891-1977), of Newby Hall, Ripon, scion of the Marquesses of Northampton.
Carolyn's grandfather, Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonsby, GCB, GCVO, PC (1867-1935), courtier, scion of the Earls of Bessborough, was a godson of the German Emperor Frederick III and the Empress Victoria. The 1st Baron was Equerry-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria from 1894 to 1901, as Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse and Assistant Private Secretary to Queen Victoria from 1897 to 1901, to King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910 and to King George V from 1910 to 1914; as Keeper of the Privy Purse from 1914 to 1935, and as Lieutenant Governor of Windsor Castle from 1928 to 1935.
Carolyn Ponsonby, who never married, was a niece of Loelia, Duchess of Westminster (1902-93), and a sister of John, 3rd Baron Sysonsby (1945-2009).
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