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The Earl of Bessborough
Born1679
Died4 July 1758 (age 78–79)
Spouse(s)1. Sarah Colvill (née Margetson)
2. Elizabeth Moore (née Sankey)
IssueSarah Moore, Countess of Drogheda
William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough
John Ponsonby
Lady Letitia Morres
FatherWilliam Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon
MotherMary Moore

Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough (1679 – 4 July 1758) 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.

Ponsonby married Sarah Margetson, an heiress whose family owned Bishopscourt, County Kildare, and his family remained there until the 1830s.

Ranks and offices held

Family

  • Sarah Margetson (d. 21 May 1773), daughter of John Margetson and Alice Caulfeild, in 1704. Sarah was married before to Hugh Colvill. Sarah's children by Brabazon Ponsonby:
Name Birth Death Notes
Lady Sarah Ponsonby ? 19 January 1736 or 1737 married: 1727, Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda; had issue
William Ponsonby 1704 11 March 1793 married: 5 July 1739, Lady Caroline Cavendish; had issue[1]
John Ponsonby 29 March 1713 16 August 1787 married: 22 September 1743, Lady Elizabeth Cavendish; had issue
Lady Letitia Ponsonby circa 1720 9 February 1754 married: 3 November 1742, Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres; had issue
  • Elizabeth Sankey: (circa 1680 – 17 July 1738), daughter of John Sankey and Eleanor Morgan, on 28 November 1733.

Titles and styles of address

Titles

  • 2nd Viscount Duncannon, of the Fort of Duncannon, county of Wexford (succeeded) – 17 November 1724
  • 2nd Baron Bessborough, of Bessborough, county of Kilkenny (succeeded) – 17 November 1724
  • 1st Earl of Bessborough, Ireland (created) – 6 October 1739
  • 1st Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby, county of Leicester, Great Britain (created) – 12 June 1749

Styles of address

  • 1679-1705: Mr Brabazon Ponsonby
  • 1705-1714: Mr Brabazon Ponsonby MP
  • 1714-1721: Mr Brabazon Ponsonby
  • 1721-1724: The Honourable Brabazon Ponsonby
  • 1724-1727: The Right Honourable The Viscount Duncannon
  • 1727-1739: The Right Honourable The Viscount Duncannon PC
  • 1739-1758: The Right Honourable The Earl of Bessborough PC

References

  1. ^ Innes, A., E., and M. (editors) (1829). The Annual peerage of the British empire for 1829. London: Saunders and Otley. pp. 87–88. Retrieved 15 February 2013. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Earl of Bessborough
1739–1758 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Viscount Duncannon
1724–1758 		Succeeded by
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