William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough

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William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish peer and Whig politician who held several high offices, including Postmaster General of Great Britain.

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instanceOf Anglo-Irish peer
Whig politician
human
aristocraticTitleCreation Earl of Bessborough NERFINISHED
birthDate 1704-03-01
birthPlace Dublin NERFINISHED
child Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough NERFINISHED
Lady Charlotte Ponsonby NERFINISHED
Lady Henrietta Frances Ponsonby NERFINISHED
Lord John Ponsonby NERFINISHED
Lord William Ponsonby NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Ireland
deathDate 1793-03-11
deathPlace London, England
surface form: London
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
familyName Ponsonby NERFINISHED
father Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough NERFINISHED
genre politics
givenName William
heldPeerage Peerage of Great Britain NERFINISHED
Peerage of Ireland NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
languageSpoken English
memberOf Privy Council of Great Britain NERFINISHED
Privy Council of Ireland NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party NERFINISHED
mother Sarah Margetson NERFINISHED
nobleFamily Ponsonby family NERFINISHED
nobleTitle 2nd Earl of Bessborough NERFINISHED
notableWork administration of the British postal system
parliamentaryBody Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED
Parliament of Ireland NERFINISHED
positionHeld Joint Postmaster General NERFINISHED
Lord of the Admiralty NERFINISHED
Lord of the Treasury NERFINISHED
Member of Parliament of Great Britain
Member of the Irish House of Commons
Postmaster General of Great Britain NERFINISHED
Privy Counsellor of Great Britain
Privy Counsellor of Ireland
religion Church of England
residence Bessborough House NERFINISHED
Cavendish Square, London NERFINISHED
sibling John Ponsonby NERFINISHED
Lady Elizabeth Ponsonby NERFINISHED
Lady Frances Ponsonby NERFINISHED
spouse Lady Caroline Cavendish NERFINISHED

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Ponsonby family hasMember William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough
Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough relative William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough