Earl of Bessborough
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Arms | Gules, a chevron between three combs argent. |
Earl of Bessborough is a title in the
The first Earl was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl.
Several other members of the family have gained distinction. The Hon.
Family seat
The present family seat is Stansted Park,[12] near Stoughton, West Sussex, acquired by the 9th Earl in 1924. Previous family seats include Bishopscourt House near Bishopscourt, County Kildare, and Parkstead House in Roehampton, London. The family's former main seat in Ireland was Bessborough House, built in the 1740s for the 1st Earl. Located near the village of Piltown in the south of County Kilkenny, the house was sold by the 9th Earl in the late 1930s. Bessborough House is now part of Kildalton Agricultural College.
Baron Bessborough (1721)
- William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Bessborough (1659–1724; created Viscount Duncannon in 1723)
Viscount Duncannon (1723)
- William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon (1659–1724)
- Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon (1679–1758; created Earl of Bessborough in 1739)
Earl of Bessborough (1739)
- Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough (1679–1758; created Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby [GB] in 1749)
- William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (1704–1793)
- Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (1758–1844)
- John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (1781–1847; created Baron Duncannon [UK] in 1834)
- John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough (1809–1880)
- Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough (1815–1895)
- Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough (1821–1906)
- Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough (1851–1920)
- Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880–1956; created Earl of Bessborough [UK] in 1937)
- Frederick Edward Neuflize Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough (1913–1993)
- Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough (1912–2002)
- Myles Fitzhugh Longfield Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough (born 1941)
Present peer
Myles Fitzhugh Longfield Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough (born 16 February 1941), is the son of the 11th Earl and his wife Patricia Minnigerode. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated MA. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.[13]
He was styled as Viscount Duncannon between 1993 and 5 April 2002, when he succeeded his father as Earl of Bessborough (I., 1739), Viscount Duncannon (I., 1723), Baron Bessborough (I., 1721), Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby (G.B., 1749), and Baron Duncannon of Bessborough (U.K., 1834).[13]
In 2003 he was living at Stansted Park, Rowland's Castle, Hampshire.[13]
In 1972, he married Alison Marjorie Storey, daughter of William Henry Storey (1905–1975) and Marjorie Egerton Shakerley (1908–2001). They have three children:[13]
- Frederick Arthur William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon (born 1974), heir apparent, whose heir is his son, the Hon. William August Longfield Ponsonby (born 2008) [citation needed]
- Lady Chloë Patricia Ponsonby (born 1975)
- Hon. Henry Ponsonby (born 1977)
Title succession chart
Title succession chart
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Relationship with other Ponsonby families
The baronies Ponsonby of Shulbrede and de Mauley are in the remainder for the earldom of Bessborough. The present holders – Frederick Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, and Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley – are both fifth cousins of the 12th Earl of Bessborough (and of each other, both being descendants of younger sons of the 3rd Earl; see chart below).
It is however unlikely that either of them would inherit the earldom, as the 12th Earl has two sons and a grandson, as well as two younger halfbrothers, both of whom with male issue. There is also an unbroken line of male descendants from the fourth son of the 7th Earl.
See also
- Baron Sysonby
- Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
- Baron de Mauley
- Ponsonby baronets of Wootton
- Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly
Notes
- ^ "Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough". geni.com.
- ^ "Co. Kilkenny". historyofparliament.org.
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "PONSONBY, William, Visct. Duncannon (1704-93)". historyofparliament.com.
- ^ "Frederick Ponsonby, third Earl of Bessborough (1758–1844)". historyhomes.co.uk.
- ^ "PONSONBY, Frederick, Visct. Duncannon (1758-1844)". historyofparliament.org.
- ^ "Knaresborough". historyofparliament.org.
- ^ "PONSONBY, John William, Visct. Duncannon (1781-1847)". historyofparliament.org.
- ^ "PONSONBY, John George Brabazon (1809-1880)". historyofparliament.org.
- ^ "The Earl of Bessborough". gg.ca. 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Sir Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough". canadahistory.ca.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1000327)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Burke's Peerage, volume 1, 2003, p. 360.
References
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 117.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
External links
Media related to Earls of Bessborough at Wikimedia Commons