Walter Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough

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

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 and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] Between 1846 and 1894 he acted as Rector for the parishes of Canford Magna, Wiltshire; Beer Ferris, Devon; Marston Bigot, Somerset; and Stutton, Suffolk.

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. "Ponsonby, the Hon. Walter William Brabazon (PNSY840WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Frederick Ponsonby
Earl of Bessborough
18951906
Succeeded by
Edward Ponsonby


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