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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 ...
Sir Hon. Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby was attached to the 12th Light Dragoons were attached to Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur’s light cavalry brigade. At the Battle of Waterloo, the 12th and 16th Light Dragoons were told to charge down the slope, but no further, to support the withdrawal of the Union Brigade of heavy cavalry.
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A second cousin, Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, son of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Spencer, also fought at the Battle of Waterloo. He commanded the 12th Dragoons and was sabred from his horse, then speared by a passing lancer.
Frederick "3rd Earl of Bessborough" Ponsonby. Born 24 Jan 1758 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England. Ancestors. Son of William Ponsonby and Caroline (Cavendish) Ponsonby. Brother of Catherine (Ponsonby) Beauclerk and Charlotte (Ponsonby) Fitzwilliam. Husband of Henrietta Frances (Spencer) Ponsonby — married 27 Nov 1780 in Westminster St James ...
Family and Education b. 31 July 1787, 3rd s. of Frederick Ponsonby†, 3rd earl of Bessborough [I] and 3rd Bar.Ponsonby [GB] (d. 1844), and Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer, da. of John Spencer†, 1st Earl Spencer; bro. of Hon. Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby* and John William Ponsonby, Visct. Duncannon*.
The couple had four children: .John William Ponsonby, later fourth earl of Bessborough (1781–1847), Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1783–1837), Caroline (1785–1828), who married William Lamb ( Lord Melbourne) and William, later first Baron de Mauley (1787–1855). Lady Bessborough had numerous lovers during her lifetime.
