William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby

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William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly

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Birthplace: Imokilly, Mogeely, Cork, Ireland
Death: November 05, 1806 (62)
Seymour Street, Portman Square, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Rt. Hon. John Ponsonby and Elizabeth Ponsonby
Husband of Hon. Louisa Ponsonby, Baroness Ponsonby of Imokilly
Father of John Ponsonby, 1st and last Viscount Ponsonby of Imokilly; Major-General Sir William Ponsonby; Hon. George Ponsonby; Rt. Rev. Hon. Richard Ponsonby; Hon. Mary Elizabeth Grey and 1 other
Brother of Catharine Ponsonby; Rt Hon George Ponsonby, Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Frances O'Callaghan (Ponsonby), Baroness Lismore of Shanbally

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About William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby

"William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby (of Imokilly), PC (Ire) (15 September 1744 – 5 November 1806) was a leading Irish Whig politician, being a member of the Irish House of Commons, and after 1800, of the United Kingdom parliament. Ponsonby was the son of the Hon. John Ponsonby, the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, daughter of the 3rd Duke of Devonshire. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor of Ireland in 1784. He served as Joint Postmaster-General of Ireland (1784–1789). Contents"

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William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby's Timeline

1744
September 15, 1744
Imokilly, Mogeely, Cork, Ireland
1770
1770
Imokilly, Cork, Ireland
1772
October 13, 1772
1772
1776
March 4, 1776
Whitehaven, Cumberland, England (United Kingdom)
1776
1806
November 5, 1806
Age 62
Seymour Street, Portman Square, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England
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