Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick, (1825-1895), Knight, General, private secretary to Queen Victoria

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Alternative name(s):	Carnock (Also known as)
Surname:	Ponsonby
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Henry Frederick
Gender:	Male
Date:	1825-1895
Title:	Knight
History:	Sir Henry Ponsonby was appointed Private Secretary to Queen Victoria in 1870 and Privy Councillor in 1880.
Biography:	ODNB link for Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick (1825-1895) Knight General Private Secretary to Queen Victoria
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P274911 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P149568 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers	Royal Archives	Add A 36	NRA 43346 Windsor See A Ponsonby, Henry Ponsonby...His Life From His Letters, 1942
2	1885-1894: misc corresp	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 10039-10248 Passim
3	1871-84: letters (28) from Dean Wellesley and others	St George's Chapel Archives and Chapter Library	XVII.33.45	NRA 18513 Windsor Chapel
4	1870-94: corresp (1 vol)	The National Archives	FO 800
5	1866-72: corresp with Michael Bruce	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng b 2067, c 5740-72, d 2834-48, e 2994-3004	NRA 442 Bruce
6	1883-94: letters to Sir Henry Burdett	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng b 2068-69, c 5894-6032, d 2867-89	NRA 39820
7	1886-94: corresp with Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 41206
8	1868-90: corresp with Sir Edwin Chadwick	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	CHADWICK	NRA 21653 Chadwick
9	1870-91: corresp with Hugh Childers	The National Archives	PRO30/61
10	1885-1887: corresp with Lord Randolph Churchill	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.9248	NRA 13273 Churchill
11	1867-80: letters to Lord Cranbrook	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	HA43	NRA 1182 Gathorne-Hardy
12	1884-89: corresp with Lord Cromer	The National Archives	FO633
13	1874-80: letters (53) to Benjamin Disraeli	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Disraeli	NRA 842 Disraeli
14	corresp with Sir Henry Elliot	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 13088	NRA 10476 Minto
15	1870-90: corresp with WE Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	loan 73	NRA 21658
16	1870-94: corresp with WE Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 45724
17	1874: letters to Arthur Godley	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur F 102	NRA 27523
18	1870-84: corresp with Lord Halifax	Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York	Halifax papers A4	NRA 8128 Wood
19	1880-94: corresp with Sir Edward Walter Hamilton	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 48600-03B	NRA 20962
20	1880-91: corresp with Sir William Harcourt	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Harcourt	NRA 3679
21	1872-91: letters to Lord Hartington	Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth	vol 16	NRA 20594 Cavendish
22	1879: corresp with Sir Michael Hicks-Beach	Gloucestershire Archives	D2440	NRA 3526
23	1870-94: letters to Lord Kimberley	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng a 2013-14, b 2047-49, c 3933-4514, d 2439-92, e 2790-97	NRA 1274 Wodehouse
24	1890-92: letters (13) to JL Kipling	Sussex University Library Special Collections	SxMs 38	NRA 22631
25	1881-88: letters (29) to Lord Lothian	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD40/9/485	NRA 10737 Kerr
26	1877-91: letters (15) to CB Marlay	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	My	NRA 10280
27	1871-1891: corresp with Sir RB Morier	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections		NRA 26599 Morier
28	1884-89: corresp with Lord Northbrook	The National Archives	FO 633
29	1883-86: letters (10) to Sir JN Paton	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.9133
30	1875-86: letters to Lord Redesdale	Gloucestershire Archives	D2002/7/1/2	NRA 23794 Freeman-Mitford
31	1875-93: letters (23) to Duke of Richmond	West Sussex Record Office	vol 3	NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
32	1870-93: corresp with Lord Ripon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 43510
33	1881-85: letters to Earl Roberts	National Army Museum Templer Study Centre	7101/23, 8310/155-62	NRA 18656
34	1882-96: corresp with Lord Rosebery	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 10054-55	NRA 22490 Primrose
35	1880-92: corresp with Lord Selborne	Lambeth Palace Library	MS 1876	NRA 11918
36	1887-92: letters to Edward Stanhope	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/O250/2	NRA 25095
37	1876-80: letters to Sir HG Walpole	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur D 781	NRA 27467
38	1880-86: letters (10) to Viscount Wolseley	Hove Library	Wolseley	NRA 10471 Wolseley
39	1855-1860: ms ‘Notes on the Battle of Waterloo'	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89445	See Annual Return 2020