Richard Ponsonby, bishop of Derry

(1772-1853)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Ponsonby Richard (1772-1853) Bishop of Derry DNB: Ponsonby, Richard (1772–1853), Church of Ireland bishop of Derry LBT ID: RiPonso1853	B/BAP: 1772 DIED: 1853-10-27
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The son of William Brabazon Ponsonby, first Baron Ponsonby; educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was dean of St. Patrick's (1817), bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora (1828), and Derry (1831).
REFERENCES TO Richard Ponsonby, bishop of Derry: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 21 February 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1825 Found 1: ¶ 14 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. VI: 1827-28