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1. She Fell Far From The Tree. Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough—or just “Harriet” as her friends and family liked to call her—was born in June 1761. She was the youngest surviving child of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz. Unlike her parents, however, Harriet would not have a storybook romance ...
The Latter-Schlesinger Collection, Gift of Shirley Latter Kaufmann in memory of Harry and Anna Latter
亨利埃塔·庞森比（Henrietta Ponsonby），贝斯伯勒伯爵夫人 （1761年6月16日至1821年11月11日），出生 亨利埃塔·弗朗西斯·斯宾塞夫人 （通常称为Harriet），是 弗雷德里克·庞森比（Frederick Ponsonby），贝斯伯勒第三伯爵 ;这对夫妇是父母 夫人卡罗琳·兰姆（Caroline Lamb ...
Biography. Second daughter of John, 1st Earl Spencer; married Frederick Ponsonby, later 3rd Earl of Bessborough on 27 Nov 1780. Much involved with Whig politics, like her sister Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (q.v.). Etchings made by her in Museum collection.
Lady Bessborough was involved the the 1784 Westminster election in suppose of Charles James Fox for example. On 27 November 1780 Henrietta married Frederick Ponsonby, Lord Duncannon, a cousin of the Duke of Devonshire. He inherited his father's title of Earl of Bessborough when his father, the second Earl, died in 1793.
1 de abr. de 2022 · Image credit: Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, by Angelica Kauffman (1793) from wikicommons. [1] British Library, Add MS 89382/2/23, folios 16-20: Countess Bessborough to Granville Leveson Gower, 20 January 1805.
Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, was born on June 16, 1761, the younger daughter of John, Earl Spencer. In November of 1780 she married Frederick Ponsonby, viscount Duncannon; her dowry of L20,000 went toward Duncannon's L30,000 debt. Their first child, John William Ponsonby, was born on August 31, 1781.
