Baron Ponsonby, of Imokilly in the County of Cork, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1806 for the politician William Ponsonby, who had previously represented Cork City, Bandon and Kilkenny in the Irish House of Commons and Kilkenny in the British House of Commons. He was the grandson of Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough. His son John Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby, was a prominent diplomat. In 1839 he was created Viscount Ponsonby, of Imokilly in the County of Cork. However, the viscountcy became extinct on his death, while the barony devolved upon his nephew, the third Baron. On the death of the fourth Baron the barony became extinct as well. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ...
John Ponsonby, 2nd Baron Ponsonby (c. 1770-1855) (created Viscount Ponsonby in 1839)
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John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby (c. 1770-1855)
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William Brabazon Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby (1807-1866)
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Ponsonby's third son, George Ponsonby (1755-1817), lord chancellor of Ireland, was born on the 5th of March 1755 and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
After 1800 Ponsonby represented Wicklow and then Tavistock in the united parliament; in 1806 he was lord chancellor of Ireland, and from 1808 to 1817 he was the official leader of the opposition in the House of Commons.
George Ponsonby's elder brother, William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st BaronPonsonby (1744-1806), was also a leadin g Whig politician, being a member of the Irish, and after 1800, of the British parliament.
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