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John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, PC (31 August 1781 – 16 May 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician. He was notably Home Secretary in 1834 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1846 and 1847, the first years of the Great Famine.

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Born	31 August 1781
Died	16 May 1847 (aged 65)
Zodiac	Virgo
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Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough · Father · 1758-1844 · British peer info

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Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough · Mother · 1761-1821 · British, Socialite info

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Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough and Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough · m. 1780

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Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby · Younger Brother · 1783-1837 · British Army officer info

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Caroline Ponsonby · Younger Sister · 1785-1828 · English writer info

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William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley · Younger Brother · 1787-1855 · British politician info

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John Spencer (British politician) · Great-grandfather · 1708-1746 · British politician, an ancestor of the Earls Spencer edit info

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