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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bessborough, William Ponsonby, Earl of, 1704-1793 NRA: Ponsonby William (1704-1793) 2nd Earl of Bessborough DNB: Ponsonby, William, second earl of Bessborough (1704-1793), politician LBT ID: LdBessb2 VIAF ID: 103560236 LOC ID: no2009197754 | B/BAP: 1704 DIED: 1793 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
The son of Brabazon Ponsonby, first earl (d. 1758); he pursued a career in English
politics, was a trustee of the British Museum, and was a founding member of the Society of
Dilettanti. | |
REFERENCES TO William Ponsonby, second earl of Bessborough: William Ponsonby to Lady Caroline Lamb, 20 April 1823 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second
Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Found 1:
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