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Major-General Sir William Ponsonby. Hon. Sir William Ponsonby KCB (* 1772 in Irland; † 18. Juni 1815 bei Waterloo) war ein britischer General .
M.Gen Sir William Ponsonby (13 Oct 1772 - 18 Jun 1815) British Army general (1772-1815)
On 16 March 1825, Ponsonby married Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst (died 1877), the youngest daughter of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst. They had three sons and three daughters: [15] [16] Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby (1825–1895), married Mary Elizabeth Bulteel on 30 April 1861. Alberta Victoria Ponsonby (6 May 1862 – 15 October 1945 ...
He was returned unopposed for the county in absentia in 1812. It does not appear that he was able to attend the House until February 1815, when (as Sir William) he voted with opposition, of which his uncle was leader, against the transfer of Genoa, 21 Feb., and against the maintenance of the militia in peacetime, 28 Feb. No speech is recorded.
A member of the prominent Ponsonby family of Cumberland, he was the eldest son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, and Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer, daughter of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby and William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley, were his younger brothers, while Lady Caroline Lamb was his younger sister. Ponsonby's mother was Lord Granville ...
Known as Fritz, Ponsonby was the second of three sons of General Sir Henry Ponsonby and his wife the Hon. Mary Elizabeth (née Bulteel). member of a junior branch of the Ponsonby family, he was the grandson of General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby and the great-grandson of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough. Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, was his younger brother.
Major-General the Honourable Sir William Ponsonby, KCB Irish politician and British Army officer who served in the Peninsula War and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo. Second son of William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron (15 September 1744 – 5 November 1806), by the Hon. Louisa (1749–1824), fourth daughter of the 3rd...
