- Né le 6 juillet 1783
- Décédé le 11 janvier 1837, à l'âge de 53 ans
Parents
- Frederick Ponsonby (1758 - 1844), Earl of Bessborough, Member of Parliament for Knaresborough, member of the House of Lords
- Henrietta Frances Spencer (1761 - 1821)
Famille
- Marié le 16 mars 1825, avec Emily Bathurst ( - 1877), dont
- Henry (1825 - 1895)
Occupations
- major-general
- Member of Parliament for County Kilkenny (1806 - 1826)
- Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers (1826 - 1830)
- governor of Malta (1827 - 1836)
- colonel of the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot (1835 - 1836)
- colonel of the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons (1836 - 1837)
Distinctions
- order of Saint Michael and Saint George
- order of the Bath