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See also:BESSBOROUGH, EARLS OF . The See also:Ponsonby See also:family, who have contributed many conspicuous men to Irish and See also:English public See also:life, trace their descent to See also:Sir See also:John Ponsonby (d. 1678), of See also:Cumberland, a See also:Commonwealth soldier who obtained See also:land grants in See also:Ireland. His son See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William (1657-1724) was created See also:Baron Bessborough (1721) and See also:Viscount Duncannon (1723), and the latter's son Brabazon was raised to the earldom of Bessborough in 1739. He was the See also:father not only of the 2nd See also:earl (1704-1793), but of John Ponsonby (q.v.), See also:speaker of the Irish See also:House of See also:Commons. The 2nd earl was a well-known Whig politician, who held various offices of See also:state; and his son the 3rd earl (1758-1844) was father of the 4th earl (1781-1847), first See also:commissioner of See also:works in 1831-1834, See also:lord privy See also:seal from 1835 to 1839 and lord-See also:lieutenant of Ireland in 1846. He was succeeded by his three sons, the 5th earl (d. r88o), 6th earl (1815-1895), a famous cricketer and chairman of the Bessborough See also:commission (1881) to inquire into the Irish land See also:system, and 7th earl (d.i906), and the last named by his son the 8th earl.
BESSE'GES, a See also:town of See also:south-eastern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Gard, on the Ceze, 20 m. See also:north of See also:Alais by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 7662. The town is important for its See also:coal-mines, blast-furnaces and See also:iron-works.
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