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William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough PC PC (Ire) (1704 – 11 March 1793) was a British politician and public servant. He was an Irish and English peer and member of the House of Lords (styled Hon. William Ponsonby from 1723 to 1739 and Viscount Duncannon from 1739 to 1758).
William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough primary name: Ponsonby, William other name: (Earl of) Bessborough
The Hon. William Ponsonby, third son of the third Earl, was created Baron de Mauley in 1838 while Lady Caroline Ponsonby, only daughter of the third Earl, was the wife of Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, but is perhaps best remembered for her affair with Lord Byron.
Ponsonby, William (1704–93), 2nd earl of Bessborough , chief secretary for Ireland, was second (but first surviving) son of Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st earl of Bessborough, and his first wife, Sarah, widow of Hugh Colvill and daughter of James Margetson.
William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (1704-1793) Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1790 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/230361 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 59.1 x 48.9 cm (23 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r.: J. S. Copley RA/ 1790
Willam Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon and Later 2nd Earl of Bessborough, Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1750 - 1760 parchment (animal material), h 60cm × w 48cm More details. Ponsonby first encountered Liotard at Rome in 1738 and took him as his draughtsman to Constantinople, where the artist’s independent career began.
original private library of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, who had died 55 years earlier, in 1793. This nobleman, whose classical and artistic taste is the subject of another related study,3 was addicted to virtu and, from an early age, had become one of the most notable collectors of his time.4
