Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.
Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees.
Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. If the image is a painting click to see the painter's Biography Page. Move the mouse off the image to close the popup.
Place the mouse over links to see a preview of the Page. Move the mouse off the link to close the popup.
Earl Bessborough is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extant Earldoms of England.
1st: Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough. Died 1758. Son
2nd: William Ponsonby 2nd Earl Bessborough. Died 1793. Son
3rd: Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough. Died 1844. Son
4th: John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough. Died 1847. Son
5th: John George Brabazon Ponsonby 5th Earl Bessborough. Died 1880. Brother.
6th: Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby 6th Earl Bessborough. Died 1895. Brother.
7th: Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough. Died 1906. Son
8th: Edward Ponsonby 8th Earl Bessborough. Died 1920. Son
9th: Vere Brabazon Ponsonby 9th Earl Bessborough. Died 1956. Son
10th: Frederick Edward Neuflize Ponsonby 10th Earl Bessborough. Died 1993. First Cousin.
11th: Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby 11th Earl Bessborough. Died 2002. Son
12th: Myles Fitzhugh Ponsonby 12th Earl Bessborough. Extant.
In 1739 Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough (age 60) was created 1st Earl Bessborough.
On 4th July 1758 Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough (age 79) died. His son William (age 54) succeeded 2nd Earl Bessborough, 3rd Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 3rd Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny. Caroline Cavendish Countess Bessborough (age 39) by marriage Countess Bessborough.
On 27th November 1780 Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough (age 22) and Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Bessborough. She the daughter of John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer (age 45) and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer (age 43). He the son of William Ponsonby 2nd Earl Bessborough (age 76) and Caroline Cavendish Countess Bessborough. They were fifth cousins.
On 11th March 1793 William Ponsonby 2nd Earl Bessborough (age 89) died. His son Frederick (age 35) succeeded 3rd Earl Bessborough, 4th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 4th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.
On 3rd February 1844 Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough (age 86) died. His son John (age 62) succeeded 4th Earl Bessborough, 5th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 5th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.
On 16th May 1847 John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough (age 65) died. His son John (age 37) succeeded 5th Earl Bessborough, 6th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 6th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.
On 4th October 1849 John George Brabazon Ponsonby 5th Earl Bessborough (age 39) and Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox Countess Bessborough (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Bessborough. She the daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond (age 58) and Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond (age 53). He the son of John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough and Maria Fane. They were fifth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 28th January 1880 John George Brabazon Ponsonby 5th Earl Bessborough (age 70) died. His brother Frederick (age 64) succeeded 6th Earl Bessborough, 7th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 7th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.
On 11th March 1895 Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby 6th Earl Bessborough (age 79) died. His brother Walter (age 73) succeeded 7th Earl Bessborough, 8th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 8th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny. Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 69) by marriage Countess Bessborough.
On 24th February 1906 Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 84) died. His son Edward (age 54) succeeded 8th Earl Bessborough, 9th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 9th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny. Blanche Vere Guest Countess Bessborough (age 59) by marriage Countess Bessborough.
On 1st December 1920 Edward Ponsonby 8th Earl Bessborough (age 69) died. His son Vere (age 40) succeeded 9th Earl Bessborough, 10th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 10th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.
In 1956 Vere Brabazon Ponsonby 9th Earl Bessborough (age 76) died. His son Frederick (age 42) succeeded 10th Earl Bessborough, 11th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 11th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.
On 5th December 1993 Frederick Edward Neuflize Ponsonby 10th Earl Bessborough (age 80) died. His first cousin Arthur (age 80) succeeded 11th Earl Bessborough, 12th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 12th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.
On 5th April 2002 Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby 11th Earl Bessborough (age 89) died. His son Myles (age 61) succeeded 12th Earl Bessborough, 13th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 13th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.