Maurice Ponsonby | |
Term1: | 1923-1930 |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1880 |
Birth Place: | Horsley, Gloucestershire, England |
Death Place: | England |
Education: | Trinity College, Oxford |
Maurice George Jesser Ponsonby , M.C.[1] (10 September 1880 - 27 February 1943) was Dean of Johannesburg from 1923 until 1930.[2]
He was born at Horsley, Gloucestershire; educated at Eton[3] and Trinity College, Oxford; and ordained in 1905.[4] After curacies at Hackney Wick and Benenden he was Rector of Pilgrim's Rest from 1912 to 1914. He was Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of York from 1914 to 1919; and also a Chaplain to the Forces during the same period. He was Rector of St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Johannesburg from 1919 to 1923.
After his return from South Africa he was Rector of Much Haddam from 1930 until 1930. His funeral was held at Newtimber[5] on 3 March 1943.[6]