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About John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, PC, known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician. He was notably Home Secretary in 1834 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1846 and 1847, the first years of the Great Famine.
Everything about John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Home Secretary, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 11th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- August 31, 1781
- Died
- May 16, 1847