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Roberte Poupart de Neuflize. Education. Eton College. Alma mater. Trinity College, Cambridge. Frederick Edward Neuflize "Eric" Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough DL (29 March 1913 – 5 December 1993), styled Viscount Duncannon from 1920 to 1956, was a British diplomat, businessman, playwright, Conservative politician, and peer.
- Frederick Edward Neuflize Ponsonby, 29 March 1913
- 5 December 1993 (aged 80)
- Lady Charlotte Ponsonby
- Conservative
Jun 2, 2014 · Girl who grew up with giants: Stalin, Chaplin, Lawrence of Arabia - she met them all. The extraordinary life of Churchill’s youngest daughter ... An early eight-week engagement to Eric, Lord ...
- Jane Fryer
Feb 14, 2009 · Finest Hour 116, Autumn 2002. As Churchill’s daughter, Mary Soames had the run of 10 Downing Street and helped arrange dinner with Stalin. She talks to Graham Turner about eighty rich and varied years. Graham Turner is a journalist whom we knew years ago when he covered the motor industry and wrote a penetrating, oft-quoted book, The Leyland ...
Dec 18, 1993 · Lord Duncannon, as he was styled until inheriting his father's earldom in 1956, was born to the purple, and was reputedly known as 'Le Dauphin' when his Francophil father served a four-year spell ...
Sep 13, 2011 · Local dalliances apart, in a period of two months I became engaged to be married – and then dis-engaged – to Eric Duncannon, the son of Lord and Lady Bessborough. We met in March at their home at Stansted Park in Sussex. Eric was nine years older than me. An officer in his county regiment, he was extremely cultivated.
Sep 28, 2022 · In 1941, after a brief courtship, Mary has an ill-fated, eight-week-long engagement to Viscount Eric Duncannon. The engagement dissolves under pressure from her mother and family friends, who oppose the marriage. When these matters of the heart are pushed aside, Mary goes to visit her beloved Chartwell in Kent.
Sep 3, 2011 · Local dalliances apart, in a period of two months I became engaged to be married – and then dis-engaged – to Eric Duncannon, the son of Lord and Lady Bessborough. We met in March at their home ...
