Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley

The Lord de Mauley
Official portrait, 2018
Chair of the International Relations and Defence Committee
Assumed office
29 July 2024
Preceded byThe Lord Ashton of Hyde
Master of the Horse
In office
1 January 2019  18 June 2024
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Preceded byThe Lord Vestey
Succeeded byThe Lord Ashton of Hyde
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
for Natural Environment and Science
In office
6 September 2012  September 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Succeeded byThe Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
11 May 2010  6 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Lord Young
  of Norwood Green
Succeeded byThe Viscount Younger
  of Leckie
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as an elected hereditary peer
15 March 2005  present
Preceded byThe 6th Baron Burnham
Personal details
Born
Rupert Charles Ponsonby

(1957-06-30) 30 June 1957
Political partyConservative
Parents
  • Hon. Thomas Ponsonby
  • Maxine Thellusson
Alma materEton College
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army Reserve
Years1976–2005
RankLieutenant colonel
UnitRoyal Wessex Yeomanry

Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Charles Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley (born 30 June 1957), is a British hereditary peer, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and retired Territorial Army officer.