NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ponsonby, George, 1755-1817 NRA: Ponsonby George (1755-1817) Lord Chancellor of Ireland DNB: Ponsonby, George (1755-1817), lord chancellor of Ireland LBT ID: GePonso1817 VIAF ID: 35919741 LOC ID: n85388067 | B/BAP: 1755-03-05 DIED: 1817-07-08 |
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The son of John Ponsonby (d. 1787); he was speaker of the Irish House of Commons, lord
chancellor of Ireland in the Fox-Grenville ministry (1806) and succeeded Lord Grey as
leader of the Whigs in the British House of Commons. | |