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Sir John William(4th Earl of Bessborough) Ponsonby[1]

Male 1781 - 1847  (65 years)Deceased


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  • First & lastname Sir John William(4th Earl of Bessborough) Ponsonby 
    Birth 31 Aug 1781  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 16 May 1847  Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 65 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Brabazon (1st Earl of Besborough and Viscount duncannon) Ponsonby,   b. 1685, Bessborough, Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1758, Bessborough, Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)  (Great Grandfather) 
    Anna Maria Mordaunt,   b. 1712, Midgham, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1771, Midgham, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)  (Great Grandmother) 
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    Person ID P5866  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Father Ancestors Fredrick (3rd Earl Bessbrough) Ponsonby,   b. 1758, St Mary le Bone, Berkeley Square, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 February 1844, Canford House, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ancestors Henrietta Spencer,   b. 16 Jun 1761, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1821, Florence, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 27 November 1780  St James', Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 22 years and 11 months - She : 19 years and 5 months. 
    Family ID F4475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife MARIA FANE,   b. 11 May 1787, Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1834, Cavendish Square St Mary Le Bone, Middlesex, , England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1805  Berkeley Square, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : 24 years and 3 months - She : 18 years and 6 months. 
    Children 
    +1. Georgiana Sarah Ponsonby,   b. 14 Aug 1807, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1861, Glos, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Revd Sackville Gardiner Bourke  m. 8 Jun 1839
     [Father: natural]
    Married: 1x2. John George (5th Earl of Bessborough) Brabazon-Ponsonby,   b. 14 Oct 1809, Cavendish Square, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1880, Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     [Father: natural]
    Married: 1x3. William Wentworth Ponsonby,   b. 1812, St Marylebone, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1831, Onboard HMS Madagascar, off Nauplia, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
    Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot  m. 15 Jan 1850
     [Father: natural]
    +4. Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Ponsonby,   b. 11 May 1814, Brympton Park, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1904, Wimbledon, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    William Thomas Petty Fitzmaurice  m. 18 Mar 1834;   Charles Alexander Gore  m. 2 Apr 1845
     [Father: natural]
     5. Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby,   b. 1815   d. 13 Sep 1897 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby (maid. name 6th Earl of Bessborough),   b. 11 Sep 1815, Trabzon, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1895 (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Rev. Walter William (7th Earl of Bessborough) Brabazon-Ponsonby,   b. 13 Aug 1821, Rockhampton, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1906 (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F4072  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2109027946] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6361038&pid=5866