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About Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough
Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough, was a British politician and peer. He was the son of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon, and Mary Moore. He was an active politician from 1705 to 1757 in Great Britain and Ireland. He represented Newtownards and County Kildare in the Irish House of Commons. He inherited his father's viscountcy in 1724 and was made Earl of Bessborough in the Peerage of Ireland in 1739. He is buried in Fiddown, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Everything about Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland, High Sheriff of County Kilkenny
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1679
- Died
- July 4, 1758