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William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough
William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough PC PC (I) (1704 – 11 March 1793) was a British politician and public servant. He was an Irish and English peer and member of the House of Lords (styled Hon. William Ponsonby from 1723 to 1739 and Viscount Duncannon from 1739 to 1758). He served in both the Irish and the British House of Commons, before entering the House of Lords, and held office as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, and as Postmaster General of the United Kingdom. He was also a Privy Counsellor, Chief Secretary for Ireland and Earl of Bessborough.
==Family life==
William Ponsonby was the son of Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough and his wife Sarah Margetson, and elder brother of John Ponsonby.
On 5 July 1739 William married Lady Caroline Cavendish, eldest daughter of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, who died in 1760 aged 40.
They had three surviving children:〔
* Catherine Ponsonby (b. 1742), married Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans
* Charlotte Ponsonby (b. 1747), married William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam
* Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (1758–1844)
Parkstead House, Roehampton, was built in 1750 for William Ponsonby,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parkstead House: History )〕 and now forms part of Roehampton University.
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