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William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby (of Imokilly), PC (Ire) (15 September 1744 – 5 November 1806) was a leading Irish Whig politician, being a member of the Irish House of Commons, and, after 1800, of the United Kingdom parliament.
- Politician
- 15 September 1744, Dublin, Ireland
- 1806
- John Ponsonby, Elizabeth Cavendish
William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley (31 July 1787 – 16 May 1855), was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1826 and 1837. He was raised to the Peerage in 1838. Life. Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, with her sons William and John by John Hoppner (1787)
Ponsonby, William Brabazon (1744–1806), 1st Baron Ponsonby , politician, was born 15 September 1744 in Dublin, eldest son of John Ponsonby (qv), landowner, MP, and later speaker of the Irish house of commons, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth, second daughter of William Cavendish (qv), 3rd duke of Devonshire.
2 de fev. de 2019 · 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 muddy landscape by seven lancers.
Ponsonby, William (1704–93), 2nd earl of Bessborough , chief secretary for Ireland, was second (but first surviving) son of Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st earl of Bessborough, and his first wife, Sarah, widow of Hugh Colvill and daughter of James Margetson. Educated at home, he embarked on the grand tour, before returning to Ireland to enter the ...
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).
James Durney. An aquatint drawn by Manskirch and engraved by M. Duourg (1817), titled the ‘Death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby, 1815,’ shows the fatally wounded Irish general on the ground surrounded by enemy lancers. William Ponsonby commanded the Union Cavalry Brigade at the battle of Waterloo.
