Henry Ponsonby

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Major-General The Right Honourable Sir Henry Ponsonby GCB
'The Privy Purse'. Ponsonby as caricatured by Théobald Chartran in Vanity Fair, March 1883
Private Secretary to the Sovereign
In office 1870–1895
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Sir Charles Grey
Succeeded by	Sir Arthur Bigge
Personal details
Born	Henry Frederick Ponsonby (1825-12-10)10 December 1825 Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands British Protectorate
Died	21 November 1895(1895-11-21) (aged 69) East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Spouse	Mary Elizabeth Bulteel
Children	5, including Frederick and Arthur
Parent(s)	Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst

Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby GCB PC (10 December 1825 – 21 November 1895) was a British soldier and royal court official who served as Queen Victoria's Private Secretary.