Clive Ponting Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Clive Ponting, based on 5 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

5 records1985–19855 events3 places

Chronological biography

1985

Naval Losses1985

Warfare / Falklands War · Civil Servant · South Atlantic

The Ponting case follows leaked documents about the Belgrano sinking.

Trial1985

Warfare / Falklands War · Civil Servant · Falkland Islands

The Ponting case follows leaked documents about the Belgrano sinking.

Ponting Acquittal11 February 1985

Warfare / Falklands War · Civil Servant · London

Is acquitted after the Belgrano documents case.

Ponting Trial11 February 1985

Warfare / Falklands War · Civil Servant · London

Faces trial over leaked Belgrano documents.

Resignation of Clive Ponting16 February 1985

Warfare / Falklands War · Civil Servant · London

Ministry of Defence assistant secretary Clive Ponting resigns from his post over the Belgrano affair

Titles and roles

Civil Servant

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.