Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby

1821 - 1906  (84 years)

• Name	Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby  [1]
  Born	13 Aug 1821  [2]
  Died	24 Feb 1906	38 Eccleston Square, Westminster, London   [2]
  Buried	02 Mar 1906	Ponsonby Family Vault, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland   [3]
  Person ID	I00736	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	John Ponsonby,   b. 31 Aug 1781,   d. 16 May 1847  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Maria Fane
  Family ID	F00548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot,   b. 17 Dec 1825, 47 Dover Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London, Middlesex ,   d. 15 Jan 1911, 38 Eccleston Square, Westminster, London  (Age 85 years)
  Married	15 Jan 1850	St. James', Picadilly, Westminster, London   [1]
  • "Hertford Mercury and Reformer" 19 Jan 1850, page 3: MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE — The marriage of Lady Louisa Susan Eliot, only daughter of the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, and the Hon. and Rev. Walter Ponsonby, son of the late Earl of Bessborough, was solemnized on Tuesday last, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, on which occasion a very numerous and distinguished circle assembled to witness the solemnity.
  Children	1. Edward Ponsonby,   b. 01 Mar 1851, 36 Dover-street, London ,   d. 01 Dec 1920  (Age 69 years)   2. Maria Ponsonby,   b. 04 Jun 1852, 36 Dover Street, Piccadilly, London ,   d. 19 Nov 1949, 41 Belgrave-road, London  (Age 97 years)   3. Cyril Walter Ponsonby,   b. 08 Sep 1853, Canford Vicarage, Canford, Dorset ,   d. 29 Nov 1927, Nursing Home in London  (Age 74 years)   4. Granville Ponsonby,   b. 13 Sep 1854, Canford Vicarage, Canford, Dorset ,   d. 24 Feb 1924  (Age 69 years)   5. Arthur Cornwallis Ponsonby,   b. 08 Jan 1856, Canford Vicarage, Canford, Dorset ,   d. 25 Apr 1918, Hampstead, London  (Age 62 years)   6. Ethel Jemima Ponsonby,   b. 08 Apr 1857, Canford Vicarage, Canford, Dorset ,   d. 22 Jun 1940  (Age 83 years)   7. Walter Gerald Ponsonby,   b. 31 Jul 1859, Canford, Dorset ,   d. 28 Apr 1934, 87 St. George's road, London  (Age 74 years)   8. Sarah Kathleen Ponsonby,   b. 05 Aug 1861, Canford, Dorset ,   d. 10 Jun 1936  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  --- "Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard" 16 Mar 1895, page 5: DOWN AMPNEY The Earl of Bessborough.--- The Hon. and Rev. Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, who succeeds his brother as seventh Earl, as reported in another page, married, in 1850, Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot, duaghter of the third Earl of St. Germans. Their son, Mr. Edward Ponsonby, the Speaker's Secretary, becomes Viscount Duncannon. The Earl of Bessborough is a cousin of Lord de Mauley. The new Earl and Countess of Bessborough have been spending the winter in Cornwall, on a visit to their relatives the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, at Port Eliot. Lord Bessborough is suffering from influenza, and is confined to his bed at Port Eliot. --- "Cheltenham Chronicle" 3 Mar 1906, page 7: DEATH OF THE EARL OF BESSBOROUGH. The Rev. the Earl of Bessborough died at his London residence, 38 Eccleston-square, shortly before nine o'clock on Saturday night. Deceased, who was in his eighty-fifth year, had been ailing for some time, but the end came somewhat unexpectedly. His lordship was the seventh earl in the peerage of Ireland, and sat in the House of Lords as Baron Ponsonby, in the peerage of Great Britain. The deceased earl, who succeeded his bother in the title in 1895, was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. He was rector of Canford Magna from 1846 to 1869, of Beer Ferris from 1869 to 1875, of Marston Bigot from 1875 to 1880, and of Stutton, Suffolk, from 1880 to 1894. He is succeeded by his eldest son, Viscount Duncannon. One of the late peer's brothers married a sister of the Earl of Coventry, and one of his daughters is Countess Raglan. His lordship was, after his ordination, licensed to the curacy of Hatherop, Gloucestershire, in 1845. --- "London Daily News" 03 Mar 1906, page 9: BURIAL OF LORD BESSBOROUGH. Yesterday the remains of the late Earl of Bessborough were interred in the family vault at Piltown, County Kilkenny, and a representative attendance showed the esteem in which he was held. A feature of the funeral procession was a large number of children from seven schools on the estate. A letter was received from King Edward conveying a message of condolence with Lady Bessborough, Lord Duncannon, and family in the loss they had sustained.

  
  

• Sources

  [S00004] FMP Parish Records Collection, www.findmypast.co.uk, (Transcriptions of Parish Christenings, Marriages and Burials). [S00017] Wikipedia.com. "London Daily News" 03 Mar 1906, page 9.