Person:John Ponsonby (3)

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John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
b.31 Aug 1781
d.16 May 1847
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Name John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 31 Aug 1781
Marriage 16 Nov 1805 to Lady Maria Fane
Death[1][2] 16 May 1847
Burial[2] 22 May 1847 Fiddown, County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland
Reference Number? Q6253138?


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John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, PC (31 August 1781 – 16 May 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician. He was notably Home Secretary in 1834 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1846 and 1847, the first years of the Great Famine.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)
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