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Major-General Sir William Ponsonby KCB (13 October 1772 – 18 June 1815) was an Anglo-Irish politician and British Army officer who served in the Peninsular War and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo.
- Georgiana FitzRoy
- Major-General
- 1794–1815
- 5th Dragoon Guards
2 de fev. de 2019 · Sir William Ponsonby. Sir William Ponsonby has gone down in immortality as leading the decisive charge of the Union Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo, on June 18th, 1815. In the 1970’s film ‘Waterloo’ he was played by Michael Wilding and anyone who has seen this film will remember how he and a Scots Greys trooper are pursued across a ...
John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby, was a diplomat Hon. Sir William Ponsonby , a major-general in the army was killed at the Battle of Waterloo Richard Ponsonby , became bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora in 1828, Derry in 1831 and Derry and Raphoe in 1834;
- Politician
- 15 September 1744, Dublin, Ireland
- 1806
- John Ponsonby, Elizabeth Cavendish
The Hon Sir William Ponsonby. Sir William Ponsonby famously led the Union Brigade in the charge of the heavies at Waterloo where he was killed by enemy lancers after being stuck in thick mud. He was born on 13th Oct 1772 the son of William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly. He married Georgiana Fitzroy daughter of Lord Southampton.
Major-General Sir William Ponsonby KCB (13 October 1772 – 18 June 1815), styled The Honourable from 1806, was an Irish politician and British Army officer who served in the Peninsula War and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo . Contents. 1 Background. 2 Peninsular War. 3 Battle of Waterloo. 4 Other. 5 Footnotes. 6 References. Background.
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. Major General Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby GCMG KCB KCH (6 July 1783 – 11 January 1837) was an Anglo-Irish military officer.
- Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby
- British Army
Ponsonby, Sir William. Contributed by. Murphy, David. Ponsonby, Sir William (1772–1815), general, was born 13 October 1772, the second son of William Brabazon Ponsonby (qv), 1st Baron Ponsonby, and his wife Louisa (née Molesworth) (d. 1824), fourth daughter of Richard, 3rd Viscount Molesworth (qv).
