Family and Education
b. c. 1770, 1st s. of William Brabazon Ponsonby, and bro. of Frederick Ponsonby, George Ponsonby and William Ponsonby. m. 13 Jan. 1803,The marriage was registered at St. Marylebone 2 Feb. 1803. Lady Elizabeth Frances Villiers, da. of George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Ponsonby [I] 5 Nov. 1806; GCB 3 Mar. 1834; cr. Visct. Ponsonby [I] 20 Apr. 1839.
Offices Held
MP [I] 1793 – 1800.
Spec. mission to Brazil 1826; envoy extraordinary to the Argentine 1826 – 28, to Brazil 1828 – 29, to Belgium 1830 – 31, to Sicily 1832 – 33; ambassador to The Porte 1832 – 41, to Austria 1846–50.
Main residence: Imokilly, co. Cork, [I].
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Commons 1790-1820
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PONSONBY, John Brabazon (c.1770-1855)
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