The Earl of Bessborough
Born(1821-08-13)13 August 1821
Died24 February 1906(1906-02-24) (aged 84)
Spouse(s)Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot
FatherJohn Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
MotherLady Maria Fane

Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough (13 August 1821 – 24 February 1906), was a British peer and member of the House of Lords. He was the fifth son of John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Lady Maria Fane. He inherited the earldom on 11 March 1895 when his elder brother Frederick Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough, died unmarried and without a male heir.

Education and career

He was educated at Harrow School[1] and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1845 he was, between 1846 and 1894 he acted as Rector for the parishes of Canford Magna, Wiltshire; Beer Ferris, Devon; Marston Bigot, Somerset; and Stutton, Suffolk.[2]

Family

On 15 January 1850 he married Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot, daughter of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans, and his wife Lady Jemima Cornwallis. Together they had eight children:

References

  1. ^ The Complete Peerage Volume II, page 173
  2. ^ a b "Ponsonby, the Hon. Walter William Brabazon (PNSY840WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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Peerage of Ireland Preceded byFrederick Ponsonby Earl of Bessborough 1895–1906 Succeeded byEdward Ponsonby Viscount Duncannon 1895–1906 Baron Bessborough 1895–1906 Peerage of Great Britain Preceded byFrederick Ponsonby Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby 1895–1906 Succeeded byEdward Ponsonby Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byFrederick Ponsonby Baron Duncannon 1895–1906 Succeeded byEdward Ponsonby
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