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About William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby
William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby , was a leading Irish Whig politician, being a member of the Irish House of Commons, and, after 1800, of the United Kingdom parliament. Ponsonby was the son of the Hon. John Ponsonby, the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, and Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, daughter of the 3rd Duke of Devonshire. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor of Ireland in 1784. He served as Joint Postmaster-General of Ireland (1784–1789).
Everything about William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland, Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- September 15, 1744
- Died
- November 5, 1806