Earl of Bessborough is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1738 for Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, who had previously represented Newtonards and County Kildare in the Irish House of Commons. In 1749 he was given the additional title of Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby, in the County of Leicester, in the Peerage of Great Britain, which entitled him to a seat in the British House of Lords. The titles Viscount Duncannon, of the fort of Duncannon in the County of Wexford, and Baron Bessborough, of Bessborough in the County of Kilkenny, had been created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1723 and 1721 respectively for Lord Bessborough's father William Ponsonby, who had earlier represented County Kilkenny in the Irish House of Commons. The fourth Earl had already been created Baron Duncannon, of Bessborough in the County of Kilkenny, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1834 before he succeeded his father in the Earldom in 1844. Additionally, the ninth Earl was created Earl of Bessborough in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1937. However, this title became extinct on the death of his son, the tenth Earl, in 1993. The other titles were inherited by the late Earl's cousin Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby, the son of the second son of the eighth Earl, who became the eleventh Earl. On his death in 2002 the titles passed to his son, the twelth and present holder of the Earldom of Bessborough. The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. ... Events February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in Württenberg April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... // Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias... 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. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 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. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Earl of Bessborough is head of the prominent Ponsonby family. Other members of this family include the Baron de Mauley, the Baron Sysonby, the Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede and, previously, the Barons and Viscounts Ponsonby. A noted female member was Lady Caroline Ponsonby, the only daughter of the third Earl of Bessborough. Baron de Mauley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Baron Sysonby is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Baron Ponsoby of Shulbrede is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Baron Ponsonby, of Imokilly in the County of Cork, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Lady Caroline Lamb The Lady Caroline Lamb (13 November 1785–26 January 1828) was a British aristocrat, the only daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough. ...

The family seat is Stansted Park in Rowlands Castle in Hampshire. Rowlands Castle (or Rowlands Castle: the apostrophe is sometimes disputed) is a small village in the district of Havant, south-east Hampshire, England. ... Hampshire (abbr. ...

Viscounts Duncannon (1723)

• William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon (1659-1724)
• Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon (1679-1758) (created Earl of Bessborough in 1739)

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Earls of Bessborough (1739)

• Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough (1679-1758)
• William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (d. 1793)
• Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (1758-1844)
• John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (1781-1847)
• John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough (1809-1880)
• Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough (1815-1895)
• Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough (1821-1906)
• Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough (1851-1920)
• Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880-1956)
• Frederick Edward Neuflize Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough (1913-1993)
• Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough (1912-2002)
• Myles Fitzhugh Longfield Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough (b. 1941)

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External links

• Stansted Park