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29 de abr. de 2022 · Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (16 June 1761 – 11 November 1821), born Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer (generally called Harriet), was the wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, and mother of the notorious Lady Caroline Lamb. Her father, John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, was a great-grandson of John Churchill, 1st Duke ...
Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (husband) John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (son) John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough (grandson) Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough (grandson) Georgiana Dorothy (née Cavendish), Countess of Carlisle (niece) William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley (son)
Biography. Second daughter of John, 1st Earl Spencer; married Frederick Ponsonby, later 3rd Earl of Bessborough on 27 Nov 1780. Much involved with Whig politics, like her sister Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (q.v.). Etchings made by her in Museum collection.
The Latter-Schlesinger Collection, Gift of Shirley Latter Kaufmann in memory of Harry and Anna Latter
Said to be delicate and lovely, history reveals that Henrietta Ponsonby (English, 1761–1821) lived a life of lustful conquests and personal intrigue. Young...
Lady Bessborough was involved the the 1784 Westminster election in suppose of Charles James Fox for example. On 27 November 1780 Henrietta married Frederick Ponsonby, Lord Duncannon, a cousin of the Duke of Devonshire. He inherited his father's title of Earl of Bessborough when his father, the second Earl, died in 1793.
