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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
- Major-General
- 1794–1815
- 5th Dragoon Guards
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.
2 de feb. de 2019 · 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.
Waterloo General : the life, letters and mysterious death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby 1772-1815 : Morewood, John, author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Morewood, John, author. Publication date. 2016. Topics. Great Britain. Army -- Officers -- Biography, Great Britain.
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
6 de jun. de 2018 · The Brigade commander was Major General Sir William Ponsonby who was Wellington’s most experienced commander of heavy cavalry. The Brigade has been together for three weeks- the Royals joining the other two regiments on 27th May- and Sir William had done his best to train them up to the standard he expected.
Sir William Ponsonby (1772–1815) commanded a brigade of cavalry at Waterloo and led it in a charge against a French infantry column attacking the Allied line. He was killed when French cavalry counter-charged.
