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Battle of Waterloo †. Monument to Major General Ponsonby, the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral. Major-General Sir William Ponsonby KCB (13 October 1772 – 18 June 1815) was an Anglo-Irish politician and British Army officer who served in the Peninsular War and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo .
- Georgiana FitzRoy
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Sir William Ponsonby KCB (13 de octubre de 1772 - 18 de junio de 1815) fue un anglo -Político irlandés y oficial del ejército británico que sirvió en la Guerra Peninsular y murió en la Batalla de Waterloo. Vida temprana y educación. Fue el segundo hijo de William Ponsonby, quien fue nombrado barón Ponsonby de Imokilly en 1806, y el Excmo.
2 de feb. de 2019 · by John Morewood. Sir William Ponsonby. Sir William Ponsonby has gone down in immortality as leading the decisive charge of the Union Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo, on June 18th, 1815. In the 1970’s film ‘Waterloo’ he was played by Michael Wilding and anyone who has seen this film will remember how he and a Scots Greys ...
William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby (of Imokilly), PC (Ire) (15 September 1744 – 5 November 1806) was a leading Irish Whig politician, being a member of the Irish House of Commons, and, after 1800, of the United Kingdom parliament.
- Politician
- 15 September 1744, Dublin, Ireland
- 1806
- John Ponsonby, Elizabeth Cavendish
13 de abr. de 2024 · Ponsonby, a member of an Irish aristocratic family, was a long-serving Guards officer. He won a seat in the Commons as a supporter of the Whig opposition, which was led by his uncle George Ponsonby, but he was mostly away on military service.
Major-General Sir William Ponsonby KCB (13 October 1772 – 18 June 1815), styled The Honourable from 1806, was an Irish politician and British Army officer who served in the Peninsula War and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo . Contents. 1 Background. 2 Peninsular War. 3 Battle of Waterloo. 4 Other. 5 Footnotes. 6 References. Background.
William Ponsonby commanded the Union Cavalry Brigade at the battle of Waterloo. He rode too far after their charge against Marshall Drouet D’Erlon’s I Corps. His horse became mired in mud near the enemy lines and he was killed by Polish lancers during a French counter-attack.
