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1 de may. de 2022 · Major General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, GCMG, KCB, KCH (6 July 1783 – 11 January 1837), styled The Honourable from 1806 to 1828, was a British military officer, the second son of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Spencer. Early career. Educated at Harrow, he joined the army as a cornet in January 1800, serving in the 10th ...
15 de may. de 2023 · Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (6 July 1783 – 11 January 1837) Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst ( – 1877) Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby (10 December 1825 – 21 November 1895) Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Edward Valette (3 December 1827 – 16 June 1868) Georgina Melita Maria Ponsonby (16 February 1829 – 18 February 1895)
18 de jun. de 2010 · From this, one would have nary a clue of the truly death-defying experience of this officer, a favorite of the Duke of Wellington’s. Ponsonby was the the second son of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta (Harriet) Spencer, whose sister was Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Sir Frederick’s own sister was the notorious Lady Caroline Lamb.
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Ponsonby distinguished himself in action at Talavera, Busaco and Barrosa, acting as assistant adjutant general with the cavalry. In August 1811 he was invalided out, but went back to the Peninsula soon afterwards, being returned to Parliament in absentia in 1812. He next appeared in the House on 1 Mar. 1815, to vote with opposition against the ...
Background. Ponsonby was the eldest son of Viscount Duncannon (who succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Bessborough in July 1758) and Lady Caroline Cavendish, daughter of The 3rd Duke of Devonshire. He succeeded to his father's titles in 1793. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and obtained the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Civil Law. [2]
A monumental pillar, since destroyed in a storm, was later erected on the island in his memory. 34. Ponsonby retired from Malta in October 1836, citing ill health. 35 His sudden death in January 1837 occurred at the Wellesley Arms, Murrell Green, near Basingstoke, as he was sitting down to a meal. 36 Raikes reported that ‘the physicians long ...
