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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ponsonby, John William, 1781-1847 NRA: Ponsonby John William (1781-1847) 4th Earl of Bessborough statesman DNB: Ponsonby, John William, fourth earl of Bessborough (1781-1847), politician and landowner LBT ID: LdBessb4 VIAF ID: 77062750 LOC ID: n85353848 | B/BAP: 1781-08-31 DIED: 1847-05-16 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
The son of Frederick Ponsonby, third earl of Bessborough (d. 1844) and elder brother of
Lady Caroline Lamb; he was a Whig MP (1805-34), home secretary (1834-35), and
lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1846-47). | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF John William Ponsonby, fourth earl of Bessborough: Lady Morgan to Lord Duncannon, 26 August 1838 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second
Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Lord Duncannon to Lady Morgan, 28 August 1838 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second
Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) | |
