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Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough (1679 – 4 July 1758) was a British politician and peer. He was the son of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon and Mary Moore. He was an active politician from 1705 to 1757 in Great Britain and Ireland. He represented Newtownards and County Kildare in the Irish House of Commons. He inherited his father's viscountcy in 1724 and was made Earl Bessborough in the Peerage of Ireland in 1739. He is buried in Fiddown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Ponsonby married Sarah Margetson, an heiress whose family owned Bishopscourt, County Kildare, and his family remained there until the 1830s. ==Ranks and offices held== * Member of Parliament for Newtownards, County Down, between 1705 to 1714 * Captain, 27th Regiment; Enniskillen – 1707 * Sheriff and Governor of County Kilkenny – 1713 * Sheriff and Governor of County Kildare – 1714 * Member of Parliament: Kildare – 1715 to 1724 * Privy Counsellor (invested) – 10 May 1727 * Commissioner of the Revenue – 1739 to 1744 * Marshal of the Admiralty in Ireland – 1751 to 1752 * Lord Justice in Ireland – 1754 to 1755 * Vice-Admiral of Munster – 1755 * Lord Justice in Ireland – 1756 to 1757 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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