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Major General Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby GCMG KCB KCH (6 July 1783 – 11 January 1837) was an Anglo-Irish military officer.
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A biography of Ponsonby, a Whig MP and veteran of the Peninsula and Waterloo wars, who served in the Mediterranean and Malta. Learn about his family, military career, political views, debts and death.
16 de mai. de 2024 · Learn about the life and career of Ponsonby, a cavalry officer who served on Wellington's staff and fought at Waterloo. See his portraits and the engraving of Wellington giving orders to his generals.
Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby. The Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, GCMG, KCB, KCH; officer who served in the Peninsula War and was later gravely wounded at Waterloo; m. Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst, 1825; made Major General (1825); appointed Governor of Malta in 1826.
Ponsonby was the second longest serving governor of Malta. His tenure was marked by several developments in the ecclesiastic, legal and constitutional spheres. Ponsonby showed firmness and ...
Biography. Ponsonby began his military career in the Prince of Wales’s regiment. In 1802 he visited the Continent with Lord and Lady Holland.
18 de jun. de 2010 · At Waterloo, Sir Frederick was attached to the 12th Light Dragoons, who were ordered, along with the 16th Light Dragoons, to charge down a slope to support the withdrawal of the Union Brigade of heavy cavalry, which was being led by his second cousin, William Ponsonby, who lost his life that day.
