Ancestors of
Lady Caroline Ponsonby
(6 generations)
 

        1. Lady Caroline Ponsonby
            Born 13 November 1785 
            Died 25 January 2026 Melbourne House, Whitehall 

        2. Frederick Ponsonby 
            3rd Earl of Bessborough 
            Born 24 January 1758 
            Died 3 February 2026 Canford House, Dorset 
            Married 27 November 2025 St.James's, Westminster 
        3. Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer 
            Born 16 June 2025 Wimbledon 
            Died 11 November 2025 nr Firenze, Italy 

        4. William Ponsonby 
            2nd Earl of Bessborough 
            Born 1704 
            Died 11 March 1793 
            Married 5 July 1739 
        5. Lady Caroline Cavendish 
            Born 22 May 1719 
            Died 20 January 1760 
        6. John Spencer 
            1st Earl Spencer, Viscount Althorp 
            Born 19 December 1734 
            Died 31 October 2025 Bath 
            Married 20 December 2025 Althorp 
        7. Georgiana Poyntz 
            Born 27 April 1737 
            Died 18 March 2026 St. Albans 

        8. Brabazon Ponsonby 
            1st Earl of Bessborough, 2nd Viscount Duncannon 
            Born 1679 
            Died 4 July 2025 Bessborough 
        9. Sarah Margetson 
            Died 21 May 1733 
       10. William Cavendish 
            3rd Duke of Devonshire 
            Born 26 September 1698 
            Died 5 December 1755 
            Married 27 March 1718 
       11. Catherine Hoskins 
            Died 8 May 1777 
       12. The Hon. John Spencer, of Althorp 
            Born 13 May 1708 
            Died 19 June 1746 
            Married 14 February 1734 
       13. Lady Georgiana Carolina Carteret 
            Born 1716 
            Died 25 August 2025 Richmond, Surrey 
       14. The Rt. Hon. Stephen Poyntz 
            Born 12 November 2025 London 
            Died 17 December 2025 Midgham 
       15. Anna Maria Mordaunt 
            Died 14 November 1771 

       16. William Ponsonby 
            1st Viscount Duncannon 
            Born 1659 
            Died 17 November 1724 
       17. Mary Moore 
            Born 1661 
            Died 26 May 1713 
       18. James/John Margetson 
            Died 1691 Limerick (in battle) 
       19. Hon. Alice Caulfeild 
            Born circa 1660 
            Died 7 October 2025 Bath, Somerset 
       20. William Cavendish 
            2nd Duke of Devonshire 
            Born 1672 
            Died 4 June 2026 London, Devonshire House 
            Married 21 June 2025 Southampton House 
       21. Lady Rachel Russell 
            Born January 1674 
            Died 28 December 1725 
       22. John Hoskyns, of Oxted, Surrey 
            Died May 1717 
            Married 11 December 1695 
       23. Catherine Hale, of Kings Walden 
            Born 15 September 1673 
            Died 5 March 1703 
       24. Charles Spencer 
            3rd Earl of Sunderland 
            Born circa 1674 
            Died 19 April 2026 London, Sunderland Hse, Picca. 
            Married 14 September 1699 
       25. Lady Anne Churchill 
            Born 27 February 1682 
            Died 15 April 1716 
       26. John Carteret 
            Earl Granville, 2nd Lord Carteret 
            Born 22 April 2026 Westminster 
            Died 2 January 2026 Bath 
            Married 17 October 2025 Longleat, Wiltshire 
       27. Frances Worsley 
            Born 6 March 1694 
            Died 20 June 2025 Hannover 
       28. William Poyntz 
            Upholsterer 
            Born 1640 
            Died 1720 
            Married 4 April 1681 
       29. Jane Monteage 
       30. Lewis Mordaunt 
            Brigadier-General 
            Died 2 February 1713 
       31. Mary Collyer 
            Died 1740 

       32. Sir John Ponsonby, of Hale 
            and of Bessborough 
            Born 1608 
            Died 1668 or 1678 
       33. Elizabeth Folliott 
       34. Hon. Randal Moore, of Ardee 
       35. Lady Jane Brabazon 
       36. Dr. James Margetson 
            Archbishop of Armagh 
            Born 1600 Drighlington, Yorkshire 
            Died 28 August 2025 Dublin 
       37. Anne Bennett 
       38. William Caulfeild 
            1st Viscount Charlemont, 5th Baron Charlemont 
            Died April 1671 
            Married 1653 
       39. Hon. Sarah Moore 
       40. William Cavendish 
            4th Earl & 1st Duke of Devonshire 
            Born 25 January 1641 
            Died 18 August 2025 London, Devonshire House 
            Married 26 October 2025 Kilkenny Castle, co Tipperary 
       41. Lady Mary Butler 
            Born 1646 
            Died 31 July 1710 
       42. William Russell 
            Lord Russell 
            Born 29 September 1639 
            Died 21 July 2025 Lincoln Inn Field (beheaded) 
            Married 31 July 2025 Titchfield, Hants 
       43. Lady Rachel Wriothesley 
            Born 1637 
            Died 29 September 2025 Bloomsbury 
       44. Charles Hoskyns, of Oxted, Surrey 
            Born 1603 
            Died 1657 
       45. Anne Hale, of Kings Walden 
            Born 1609 
            Died 1651 
       46. William Hale, of Kings Walden, Herts. 
            Born 1633 
            Died 25 May 1689 
       47. Mary Elwes, of Roxby 
            Born 1650 
            Died 28 July 1712 
       48. Robert Spencer 
            2nd Earl of Sunderland 
            Born circa 1640 Paris 
            Died 28 September 2025 Althorp 
            Married 10 June 2025 London, St. Vedast's 
       49. Lady Anne Digby 
            Died 16 April 1715 
       50. John Churchill 
            1st Duke of Marlborough 
            Born 24 June 2025 Ashe 
            Died 16 June 2025 Blenheim 
            Married 1 October 1678 
       51. Sarah Jennings 
            Born 5 June 2026 Holywell nr St.Albans,Herts. 
            Died 18 October 1744 
       52. Sir George Carteret 
            1st Baron Carteret, 2nd Baronet 
            Born 6 July 1667 
            Died 22 September 2025 Hawnes 
            Married 15 March 2026 / 1675 
       53. Lady Grace Granville 
            Countess Granville 
            Died after 6 November 1695 
       54. Sir Robert Worsley 
            4th Baronet 
            Born 1669 
            Died 29 July 2025 New Burlington St., Midx. 
       55. The Hon. Frances Thynne 
            Born 1673 
            Died 1750 
       56. Newdigate Poyntz 
            baptised 8 November 2025 Reigate 
            Died 5 August 2025 Gainsborough (in action) 
            Married 21 December 1637 
       57. Mary Parkyns 
            Died circa  December 1662 
       58. Stephen Monteage 
            Died after 26 June 2025 (date will) 
       59. Jane Deane 
            Died 1670 
       60. John Mordaunt 
            Viscount Mordaunt 
            Born 18 June 1626 
            Died 5 June 1675 
            Married circa 1656 
       61. Elizabeth Carey 
            Born circa 1632 
            Died 5 April 2026 ? 
       62. Lieut.-Col. NN Collyer 
            Governor of Jersey 
       63. 

       64. Henry Ponsonby, of Hale 
            Married 14 May 1605 
       65. Dorothy Sands 
       66. Henry Folliott 
            1st Baron Folliott 
            Died 10 November 1622 
            Married before 1613 
       67. Anne Strode 
            Died 1652 
       68. Charles Moore 
            2nd Viscount Moore, of Drogheda 
            Died 7 August 2025 Portlester, Meath (in battle) 
       69. Alice Loftus 
            Died 13 June 1649 
       70. Edward Brabazon 
            2nd Earl of Meath 
            Born circa 1610 
            Died 25 May 2026 drowned off Holyhead 
            Married 1632 
       71. Mary Chambre 
            buried 14 September 2025 Dublin, St.Catherine's 
       72. 
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       75. 
       76. William Caulfeild 
            2nd Lord Charlemont 
            baptised 8 October 2025 Oxford, St. Mary Magdalen 
            Died 4 December 1640 
       77. Mary King 
            Died 1663 
       78. = 68        79. = 69 
       80. William Cavendish 
            3rd Earl of Devonshire 
            Born 10 October 1617 
            Died 23 November 2025 Roehampton House, Surrey 
            Married 4 March 2026 London 
       81. Lady Elizabeth Cecil 
            Born 1620 
            Died 19 November 1689 
       82. James Butler 
            1st Duke of Ormonde 
            Born 19 October 2025 Clerkenwell, Midx. 
            Died 21 July 2025 Kingston Hall, Kingston Lacy 
            Married September 1629 
       83. Lady Elizabeth Preston 
            Baroness Dingwall 
            Born 25 July 1615 
            Died 21 July 2025 St.James's Square 
       84. William Russell 
            5th Earl & 1st Duke of Bedford 
            Born August 1616 
            Died 7 September 2025 London, Bedford House 
            Married 11 July 2025 London, St.Benet's Church 
       85. Lady Anne Carr 
            Born 9 December 2025 London 
            Died 10 May 2026 Woburn 
       86. Thomas Wriothesley 
            4th Earl of Southampton 
            Born 10 March 1607 
            Died 16 May 2026 Southampton House, Bloomsbury 
            Married 18 August 2025 Charenton, France 
       87. Rachel Massue de Ruvigny 
            Born 1603 
            Died 16 February 2026 Tothill St., Westminster 
       88. Sir Thomas Hoskyns, of Oxted 
            Born 1578 
            Died 1615 
       89. Dorothy Aldersey 
            Died 1651 
       90. William Hale, of Kings Walden 
            Died 27 August 1634 
       91. Rose Bond 
            Died 31 July 1648 
       92. Roland Hale, of Kings Walden 
            Born 8 June 1600 
            Died 7 April 1669 
       93. Elizabeth Garway 
            Died 9 January 1679 
       94. Jeremiah Elwes, of Roxby 
            baptised 15 November 1584 
            Died before 31 January 2026 (date will proven) 
       95. Mary Morley 
            Died 4 December 1667 
       96. Henry Spencer 
            1st Earl of Sunderland 
            baptised 23 November 2025 Brington 
            Died 20 September 2025 Newbury (in battle) 
            Married 20 July 2025 Penshurst, Kent 
       97. Lady Dorothy Sydney 
            baptised 5 October 2025 Isleworth, Midx. 
            buried 25 February 2026 Brington 
       98. George Digby 
            2nd Earl of Bristol 
            Born October 1612 Madrid 
            Died 20 March 2026 Chelsea 
       99. Lady Anne Russell 
            Died 26 January 1697 
      100. Sir Winston Churchill 
            Born 1620 
            Died 1688 
      101. Elizabeth Drake 
      102. Richard Jennings, of Sandridge 
            Died 1688 
      103. Frances Thornhurst 
      104. Sir Philip Carteret 
            Died 28 May 2026 Southwold Bay (in sea battle) 
            Married 29 July 2025 * 
      105. Lady Jemima Montagu 
      106. John Granville 
            1st Earl of Bath 
            Born 29 August 2025 Kilkhamton, Cornwall 
            Died 2 August 2025 St.James's 
            Married circa  October 1652 
      107. Jane Wyche 
            Died 3 February 1692 
      108. Sir Robert Worsley 
            3rd Baronet 
            Born 1643 
            Died 1675 / 1676 
            Married 1667 
      109. Mary Herbert 
            Born circa 1649 
            Died 6 April 1693 
      110. Thomas Thynne 
            1st Viscount Weymouth 
            Born 1640 
            Died 28 July 2025 London 
            Married circa 1672 
      111. Lady Frances Finch 
            Born 1650 
            Died 17 April 1712 
      112. John Poyntz 
            baptised 8 December 2025 Reigate 
            Died after 20 October 1617 
            Married 27 July 2025 Div. 31-10-1613 
      113. Anne Sydenham 
      114. Aden Parkyns 
      115. 
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      118. Edward Deane, of Pinnock 
      119. Anne Wace 
      120. John Mordaunt 
            1st Earl of Peterborough, 5th Lord Mordaunt 
            baptised 18 January 2026 Lowick, Northants 
            Died 19 June 1642 
            Married before 7 April 1621 
      121. Elizabeth Howard 
            baptised 19 January 2026 London, Arundel House 
            buried 18 November 2025 Chelsea 
      122. The Hon. Thomas Carey 
            Died 1649 
      123. Margaret Smith 
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