NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Ponsonby Richard (1772-1853) Bishop of Derry DNB: Ponsonby, Richard (1772–1853), Church of Ireland bishop of Derry LBT ID: RiPonso1853 | B/BAP: 1772 DIED: 1853-10-27 |
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com | |
The son of William Brabazon Ponsonby, first Baron Ponsonby; educated at Trinity College,
Dublin, he was dean of St. Patrick's (1817), bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora (1828), and
Derry (1831). | |