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This is Major General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1783-1837). Ponsonby (pronounced Pun-sunbi) was born in 1783, the second son of Frederick the third Earl of Bessborough (1758-1844) and ...
27 de mai. de 2024 · Major-General Ponsonby was a cavalry officer serving on Wellington's staff. It was he who brought to Wellington the news of Napoleon's abdication in 1814. 'You don't say so, upon my honour! Hurrah!' exclaimed the normally restrained duke, spinning round and snapping his fingers. At Waterloo, Ponsonby commanded the 12th Light Dragoons, charged with his regiment, was wounded several times and ...
25 de out. de 2021 · PONSONBY, Sir FREDERIC CAVENDISH (1783–1837), major-general, born on 6 July 1783, was the second son of Frederic Ponsonby, third earl of Bessborough, by Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer, second daughter of the first Earl Spencer. He entered the army in January 1800 as a cornet in the 10th dragoons, and became lieutenant on 20 June of that year, and captain on 20 Aug. 1803. In April 1806 he ...
18 de jun. de 2010 · Ponsonby was the the second son of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta (Harriet) Spencer, whose sister was Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Sir Frederick’s own sister was the notorious Lady Caroline Lamb. Talk about your Regency soap opera – Lady Bessborough had had a brief affair with Richard Brinsley Sheridan and another with Lord ...
Ponsonby distinguished himself in action at Talavera, Busaco and Barrosa, acting as assistant adjutant general with the cavalry. In August 1811 he was invalided out, but went back to the Peninsula soon afterwards, being returned to Parliament in absentia in 1812. He next appeared in the House on 1 Mar. 1815, to vote with opposition against the ...
1 de mai. de 2022 · Major General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, GCMG, KCB, KCH (6 July 1783 – 11 January 1837), styled The Honourable from 1806 to 1828, was a British military officer, the second son of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Spencer. Early career. Educated at Harrow, he joined the army as a cornet in January 1800, serving in the 10th ...
Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (ur. 6 lipca 1783, zm. 11 stycznia 1837 w Basingstoke) – brytyjski arystokrata, polityk i wojskowy, młodszy syn Fredericka Ponsonby’ego, 3. hrabiego Bessborough i lady Henrietty Spencer, córki 1. hrabiego Spencer . Wykształcenie odebrał w Harrow School, po czym w styczniu 1800 r. wstąpił do 10 pułku lekki ...
