- Speaker of House of Commons
Biography
John Ponsonby was born 29 March 1713 to Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough (1679-1758) and Sarah Margetson (c1689-1733) and died 16 August 1787 of unspecified causes. He married Elizabeth Cavendish (1723-1796) 23 September 1743 .
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Mary Charlotte Ponsonby (-1781) | |||
William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby (1744-1806) | 15 September 1744 | 5 November 1806 | Louisa Molesworth (1749-1824) |
George Ponsonby (1755-1817) | |||
Frances Ponsonby (1757-1827) | 18 February 1757 | 25 March 1827 | Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Baron Lismore (1741-1797) |
Catharine Ponsonby (1746-1827) | 2 April 1746 | 30 January 1827 | Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon (1728-1807) |
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