NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ponsonby, John Ponsonby, Viscount, 1770?-1855 NRA: Ponsonby John (c 1770-1855) Viscount Ponsonby diplomat DNB: Ponsonby, John, Viscount Ponsonby (c.1770-1855), diplomatist LBT ID: LdPonso1 VIAF ID: 25349445 LOC ID: n88286107 | B/BAP: 1770 DIED: 1855-02-21 |
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The son of William Brabazon Ponsonby, first Baron Ponsonby (d. 1806); he was a Whig MP
for Galway Town (1801-02); when not having affairs with Lady Jersey and Harriette Wilson he
pursued a career as a diplomat. | |