Saturday, October 21, 2023

Anne Veronica Theresa Ponsonby (née Maynard) 1924-2023

 Mrs Myles Ponsonby, who died 3 October, 2023, aged 98, was the widow of a scion of the Barons De Mauley.

In the Second World War she was an SOE coder and telegraphist.

The former Anne Veronica Theresa Maynard was born 23 December, 1924, a daughter of Brigadier Francis Herbert Maynard, CB, DSO, MC (1881-1979), sometime ADC to King George VI, and his wife the former Ethel Elizabeth Bates (1881-1978); and married 20 May, 1950, Myles Walter Ponsonby, CBE (1924-1999), scion of the Barons De Mauley, son of Victor Coope Ponsonby (1887-1966), and his wife the former Gladys Edith Walter (1895-1964); by whom she had issue, a son, Air Vice Marshal John Maurice Maynard Ponsonby, OBE, FRACS (1955-2022), and two daughters, Belinda Mary (born 5 May, 1951), and Emma Christina (born 29 Oct, 1959).

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