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John William Ponsonby, 4. Earl of Bessborough PC war ein britischer Peer und Politiker der Whig, der zwischen 1805 und 1832 mit Unterbrechungen Mitglied des House of Commons war und bekleidete die Ämter als Innenminister, Lordsiegelbewahrer und zuletzt zwischen 1846 und seinem Tod 1847 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Ab 1834 war er ...
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, PC (31 August 1781 – 16 May 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician. He was notably Home Secretary in 1834 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1846 and 1847, the first years of the Great Famine.
Dieser hatte bereits 1724 von seinem Vater William Ponsonby, ebenfalls ein bekannter irischer Politiker, die Titel Baron Bessborough, of Bessborough, Piltown in the County of Kilkenny, und 1723 zum Viscount Duncannon, of the Fort of Duncannon in the County of Wexford, geerbt.
The Hon. John Ponsonby, second son of the first Earl, served as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and was the father of William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby, and George Ponsonby, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
Ponsonby, John William (1781–1847), 4th earl of Bessborough , politician, landowner, and lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 31 August 1781, eldest son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd earl of Bessborough, and his wife, Henrietta Frances, second daughter of the 1st Earl Spencer.
John William Ponsonby, fourth Earl of Bessborough was the eldest son of Frederick, the third earl, by his wife, Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer, second daughter of John, first earl Spencer, and grandson of William Ponsonby, second earl of Bessborough. Ponsonby was born on 31 August 1781.
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough. (1781-1847), Politician; MP for several constituencies. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 37 portraits. Ponsonby entered Parliament as Baron Duncannon in 1834. He served in several senior government posts including Home Secretary and Lord Privy Seal.
