Roberte Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough

The Countess of Bessborough
The Earl and Countess of Bessborough, 1933
Viceregal consort of Canada
In office
1931–1935
Preceded byThe Marchioness of Willingdon
Succeeded byThe Baroness Tweedsmuir
Personal details
Born
Roberte Poupart de Neuflize

15 September 1892
Soisy-sous-Montmorency, France
Died22 November 1979(1979-11-22) (aged 87)
Kensington, London, England
Spouse
(m. 1912; died 1956)
Children4, including Frederick and Moyra
Parent(s)Jean de Neuflize
Madeleine Dolfuss-Davilliers
AwardsLegion of Honour

Roberte Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, GCStJ, JP (née Poupart de Neuflize; 15 September 1892 – 22 November 1979), was a French noblewoman who married into the English aristocracy and served as Viceregal Consort of Canada in the 1930s.


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