NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ponsonby, Frederick, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, 1758-1844 NRA: Ponsonby Frederick (1758-1844) 3rd Earl of Bessborough DNB: Ponsonby, Frederick, third earl of Bessborough (1758-1844), politician and landowner LBT ID: LdBessb3 VIAF ID: 95823813 LOC ID: no2010043663 | B/BAP: 1758-01-24 DIED: 1844-02-03 |
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The son of the second earl whom he succeeded in 1793; educated at Christ Church, Oxford,
he was an opposition MP for Knaresborough (1780-93). He was the father of Lady Caroline
Lamb. | |