John George Brabazon Ponsonby 5th Earl Bessborough 1809-1880

On 16th November 1805 [his father] John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough [aged 24] and [his mother] Maria Fane [aged 18] were married at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 46] and [his grandmother] Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough [aged 47] and Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough [aged 44].

On 14th October 1809 John George Brabazon Ponsonby 5th Earl Bessborough was born to John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough [aged 28] and Maria Fane [aged 22].

In 1834 [his mother] Maria Fane [aged 47] died.

On 8th September 1835 John George Brabazon Ponsonby 5th Earl Bessborough [aged 25] and Frances Charlotte Lambton [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham [aged 43] and Harriet Cholmondeley. He the son of John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough [aged 54] and Maria Fane. They were fifth cousins.

On 18th December 1835 [his wife] Frances Charlotte Lambton [aged 23] died of consumption.

On 9th August 1838 [his brother-in-law] Charles Frederick Ashley-Cooper Ponsonby 2nd Baron de Mauley [aged 22] and [his sister] Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby Baroness Mauley [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [his father] John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough [aged 56] and [his mother] Maria Fane. They were first cousins.

On 3rd February 1844 [his grandfather] Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough [aged 86] died. His son [his father] John [aged 62] succeeded 4th Earl Bessborough, 5th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 5th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.

On 16th May 1847 [his father] John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough [aged 65] died. His son John [aged 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 [aged 39] and Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox Countess Bessborough [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Countess Bessborough. She the daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond [aged 58] and Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond [aged 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 15th January 1850 [his brother] Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough [aged 28] and [his sister-in-law] Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of Edward Granville Eliot 3rd Earl St Germans [aged 51] and Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans [aged 46]. He the son of [his father] John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough and [his mother] Maria Fane. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 16th May 1855 [his uncle] William Francis Spencer Ponsonby 1st Baron de Mauley [aged 67] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Baron de Mauley. [his sister] Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby Baroness Mauley [aged 36] by marriage Baroness de Mauley.

The London Gazette 22106. Master of the Horse's Office, February 26, 1858. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable John William [aged 46], Earl of Sandwich, to be Master of Her Majesty's Buck Hounds, in the room of the Right Honourable John George Brabazon [aged 48], Earl of Bessborough, resigned.

The London Gazette 22279. Master of the Horse's Office, June 18, 1859. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable John George Brabazon [aged 49], Earl of Bessborough, to be Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds,.in the room of the Right Honourable John William [aged 47], Earl of Sandwich, resigned.

On 21st October 1860 [his father-in-law] Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond [aged 69] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles [aged 42] succeeded 6th Duke Richmond, 6th Earl March, 6th Baron Settrington. Frances Harriett Greville Duchess Richmond [aged 36] by marriage Duchess Richmond.

Before 13th December 1860 Charles George Bingham 4th Earl Lucan [aged 30] and [his sister-in-law] Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox Countess Lucan [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond and [his mother-in-law] Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond [aged 64]. He the son of George Charles Bingham 3rd Earl Lucan [aged 60] and Anne Brudenell Countess Lucan [aged 51]. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

The London Gazette 24071. Board of Green Cloth, March 2, 1874.

The Queen [aged 54] has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Frederick, Earl Beauchamp [aged 43], to be Lord Steward of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Honourable John George Brabazon, Earl of Bessborough [aged 64], resigned.

The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Honourable Henry George Percy [aged 27] (commonly called Earl Percy) to be Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Honourable William John, Lord Monson [aged 45], resigned.

The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Honourable Henry Richard Charles Somerset [aged 24] (commonly called Lord Henry Somerset) to be Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of the right Honourable Otho Augustus Fitzgerald [aged 46] (commonly called Lord Otho Fitzgerald), resigned.

On 28th January 1880 John George Brabazon Ponsonby 5th Earl Bessborough [aged 70] died. His brother Frederick [aged 64] succeeded 6th Earl Bessborough, 7th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 7th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.

On 30th April 1890 [his former wife] Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox Countess Bessborough [aged 70] died.