Lord Duncannon

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Lord Duncannon was a 19th-century British Whig politician and statesman who held several high offices in government, later becoming Earl of Bessborough.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Earl
Whig politician
human
statesman
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
United Kingdom
familyName Ponsonby
gender male
givenName John
William
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party
name John William Ponsonby
nobleFamily Ponsonby family
nobleTitle Earl of Bessborough
notableWork service in Whig administrations of the 1830s and 1840s
support for the Reform Act 1832
occupation politician
statesman
parliamentaryGroup Whig Party
peerage Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of the United Kingdom
positionHeld Cabinet minister of the United Kingdom
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
Home Secretary of the United Kingdom
linked to: Home Secretary

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Lord President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of the House of Lords
residence United Kingdom
titleHeld Baron Duncannon
Viscount Duncannon

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