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John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, PC (31 August 1781 – 16 May 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician. He was notably Home Secretary in 1834 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1846 and 1847, the first years of the Great Famine.
Ponsonby, John William (1781–1847), 4th earl of Bessborough , politician, landowner, and lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 31 August 1781, eldest son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd earl of Bessborough, and his wife, Henrietta Frances, second daughter of the 1st Earl Spencer.
1 de may. de 2022 · Birthplace: London, Middlesex, England. Death: May 16, 1847 (65) Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Place of Burial: Fiddown, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Immediate Family: Son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough.
- August 31, 1781
- Fiddown, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
- London, Middlesex, England
The Hon. John Ponsonby, second son of the first Earl, served as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and was the father of William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby, and George Ponsonby, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
John William Ponsonby, fourth Earl of Bessborough was the eldest son of Frederick, the third earl, by his wife, Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer, second daughter of John, first earl Spencer, and grandson of William Ponsonby, second earl of Bessborough. Ponsonby was born on 31 August 1781.
John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (31 August 1781-16 May 1847) was the Whig MP for Knaresborough from 1805 to 1806, Higham Ferrers from 1810 to 1812, Malton from 1812 to 1826, Bandon in 1826, Kilkenny County from 1826 to 1832, and for Nottingham from 1832 to 1834.
John William Ponsonby, the 4th Earl, was a supporter of Catholic Emancipation and of Parliamentary Reform. He and his wife took a keen interest in the affairs of Piltown. Creevy visited Bessborough and gives us in his papers some account of the Duncannons, as they were then, and of their varied activities in the Piltown district.
