[BenLurkin]

Any relation to this Ponsonby?

Monument to Sir William Ponsonby, d1815, St Paul's Cathedral Crypt, London

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Monument to Sir William Ponsonby, d1815, St Paul’s Cathedral Crypt, London

An excellent question: he is one of four different Ponsonby’s that may have given their name to the township.

Much of Auckland is named after Victorian heroes: we have a “Wellesley St” for example (Duke of Wellington), as well as “Victoria” and “Albert” streets (fittingly, they intersect!) and a few others.