Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough

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Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough

Also Known As: "1st Earl of Bessborough", "Viscount Duncannon"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bessborough, Kilkenny, Ireland
Death: July 04, 1758 (78-79)
Ireland
Immediate Family:

Son of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon and Mary Ponsonby
Husband of Sarah Ponsonby Countess of Bessborough,Vicountess Duncannon (Margeston)
Father of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough; Lady Sarah Ponsonby, Countess of Drogheda; Anne Burton; Leititia, Viscountess Mountmorres and Rt. Hon. John Ponsonby
Brother of Letitia May; Elizabeth Moore, Hon.; Maj-Gen Hon. Henry Ponsonby; Anne Loftus; Folliot Ponsonby and 3 others

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About Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough

[Collins's Peerage of England etc. states that he "died from a surfeit of fruit...".]

The below website, the work of The Old Waterford Society, records some details pertinent to the Ponsonby family. What is written here has not been researched by me and I cannot prove the authenticity thereof.

snap.waterfordcoco.ie/collections/ejournals/100754/100754-1.pdf

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