Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough

Vere Brabazon Ponsonby(9th Earl of Bessborough from 1920) (27 October 1880-10 March 1956) was a barrister, businessman and politician.

Educated at Harrow School and Cambridge, he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple.

In 1907 he was elected to the London County Council as a Municipal Reform Party councillor representing Marylebone East. He resigned the council seat in January 1910 when he was elected to the House of Commons as member of parliament for Cheltenham. Although he lost the seat when another general election was held in December 1910, he returned to parliament at a by-election at Dover in 1913. In 1920, on the death of his grandfather he entered the House of Lords on succeeding to the title Earl of Bessborough.

He was Governor General of Canada from 1931-35.