Ponsonby may refer to:

Surname

  • Ponsonby (surname)

Noble titles

  • Earl of Bessborough
  • Viscount and Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly
  • Baron de Mauley
  • Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
  • Baron Sysonby

Given name

  • Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda, 11th Earl of Drogheda KG, KBE (1910–1989), British peer
  • Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (born 1937), British photographer known professionally as Derry Moore
  • Maurice Arthur Ponsonby Wood (1916–2007), Anglican bishop in the Evangelical tradition
  • Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon (born 1953), British landowner, businessman and philanthropist
  • Ponsonby Ogle (1855–1902), British writer and journalist
  • Robert Ponsonby Staples (1853–1943), 11th Baronet of Lissan House near Cookstown in Co. Tyrone
  • Robert Ponsonby Tottenham Loftus, Irish Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 19th century
  • Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett (1850–1913), Irish politician
  • Stephen Ponsonby Peacocke (1813–1872), British officer of the Bombay Army and an artist

Places

  • Ponsonby, Cumbria, England
  • Ponsonby Fell, hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Gosforth, Cumbria
  • Ponsonby, New Zealand, a central suburb of Auckland
  • Ponsonby (New Zealand electorate), historical parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand from 1887 to 1890 and from 1946 to 1963
  • Ponsonby, Quebec, Canada – renamed to Boileau in 1993
  • Ponsonby, Ontario, ghost town in Ontario, Canada

Other

  • Reginald Ponsonby-Smythe, Commander of Majestic-16 in Destroy All Humans! 2
  • Ponsonby AFC, former New Zealand football club, now amalgamated to form Mount Albert-Ponsonby
  • Ponsonby Ponies, rugby league club based in Ponsonby, New Zealand
  • Ponsonby RFC, rugby union club based in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Mr Ponsonby, the fourth novel by New Zealand author Ian Middleton
  • Ponsonby Britt, the fictional executive producer of TV series including The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
  • Ponsonby Rule, constitutional convention in the UK constitutional law involving 21 days' notice for international treaties
  • Ponsonby's Column, a former monumental column in Valletta, Malta
  • Percy Ponsonby, a 1939 BBC television comedy programme