NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ponsonby, Frederick Cavendish, 1783-1838 NRA: Ponsonby Sir Frederick Cavendish (1783-1837) Knight Major General Governor of Malta DNB: Ponsonby, Sir Frederic Cavendish (1783-1837), army officer LBT ID: FrPoson1837 VIAF ID: 6786174 LOC ID: n2004063223 | B/BAP: 1783-07-06 DIED: 1837-01-11 |
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The second son of the third earl of Bessborough, and brother of Lady Caroline Lamb; he
was MP (1806-30); after a distinguished career in the Peninsular War and being wounded at
Waterloo he was governor of Malta (1826-35). | |