Family and Education
b. 1772, 2nd s. of William Brabazon Ponsonby, and bro. of Frederick Ponsonby, George Ponsonby and John Brabazon Ponsonby. educ. ?Eton 1783-8; Trinity Coll. Camb. 24 Feb. 1791, aged 19. m. 20 Jan. 1807, Hon. Georgiana Fitzroy, da. of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Baron Southampton, 1s. 4da. KCB 2 Jan. 1815.
Offices Held
MP [I] 1796 – 1800.
Ensign, 6 Ft. 1790; lt. 109 Ft. 1793; capt. 83 Ft. 1794; maj. loyal Irish fencibles 1794, 5 Drag. Gds. 1798, lt.-col. 1800; col. 5 Drag. Gds. 1803; brevet col. 1810; brig.-gen. 1812; maj.-gen. 1813.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: the manor of Goldsmith's Hall, co. Londonderry, [I].
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
PONSONBY, Hon. William (1772-1815)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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