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See also:PONSONBY, See also:JOHN (1713-1789) , Irish politician, second son of Brabazon Ponsonby, rst See also:earl of See also:Bessborough, was See also:born on the 29th of See also:March 1713. In 1739 he entered the Irish See also:parliament and in 1744 he became first See also:commissioner of the See also:revenue; in 1746 he was appointed a privy councillor, and in 1756 See also:Speaker of the Irish See also:House of See also:Commons. Belonging to one of the See also:great families which at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time monopolized the See also:government of See also:Ireland, Ponsonby was one of the See also:principal " undertakers," men who controlled the whole of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's business in Ireland, and he retained the See also:chief authority until the See also:marquess See also:Townshend became See also:lord-See also:lieutenant in 1767. Then followed a struggle for supremacy between the Ponsonby See also:faction and the party dependent on Townshend, one result of this being that Ponsonby resigned the speakership in 1771. He died on the 12th of See also:December 1789. His wife was See also:Elizabeth, daughter of 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 See also:Cavendish, 3rd See also:duke of See also:Devonshire, a connexion which was of great importance to the Ponsonbys.
Ponsonby's third son, See also:George Ponsonby (1755–1817), lord See also:chancellor of Ireland, was born on the 5th of March 1755 and was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge. A See also:barrister, he became a member of the Irish parliament in 1776 and was chancellor of the Irish See also:exchequer in 1782, afterwards taking a prominent See also:part in the debates on the question of See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:relief, and leading the opposition to the See also:union of the parliaments. After 'Soo Ponsonby represented See also:Wicklow and then See also:Tavistock in the See also:united parliament; in 1806 he was lord chancellor of Ireland, and from 18o8 to 1817 he was the See also:official See also:leader of the opposition in the House of Commons. He See also:left an only daughter when he died in See also:London on the 8th of See also:July 1817.
George Ponsonby's See also:elder See also:brother, William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st See also:Baron Ponsonby (1744–1806), was also a leading Whig politician, being a member of the Irish, and after 'Soo, of the See also:British parliament. In 'Sob shortly before his See also:death he was created Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly. Three of his sons were men of See also:note. The eldest was John (c. 1770--1855), who succeeded to the See also:barony and was created a See also:viscount in 1839; he was See also:ambassador at See also:Constantinople from 1832 to 1837 and at See also:Vienna from 1846 to 185o. The second son was See also:Major-
See also:General See also:Sir William Ponsonby (1772-1815), who, after serving in the See also:Peninsular See also:War, was killed at the See also:battle of See also:Waterloo whilst leading a See also:brigade of heavy See also:cavalry. Another son was See also:Richard Ponsonby (1772-1853), See also:bishop of Derry. Sir William Ponsonby's See also:posthumous son William (1816–1861) became 3rd Baron Ponsonby on the death of his See also:uncle John, Viscount Ponsonby; he died childless and was succeeded by his See also:cousin William Brabazon Ponsonby (1807–1866), only son of the bishop of Deny, on whose death the barony of Ponsonby became See also:extinct.
Among other members of this See also:family may be mentioned Major-General Sir See also:Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1783–1837), son of the 3rd earl of Bessborough, a soldier who distinguished himself at the battles of Talavera, See also:Salamanca and See also:Vittoria, in the Peninsular War, and was wounded at Waterloo; he was See also:governor of See also:Malta from 1826 to 1835. His eldest son, Sir See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Frederick Ponsonby (1825–1895), a soldier who served in the See also:Crimea, is best remembered as private secretary to See also:Queen See also:Victoria from 187o until a few months before his death.
End of Article: PONSONBY, JOHN (1713-1789)
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