John Ponsonby
British politician
Died on: May 16, 1847, Aged: 65 years 258 days (788 months)Nationality: British
Birth Sign: Virgo
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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