Edward (8th Earl of Bessborough) Ponsonby

1851 - 1920  (69 years)

• Name	Edward (8th Earl of Bessborough) Ponsonby
  Birth	1 Mar 1851
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Dec 1920
  Person ID	I103500	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Walter William Brabazon (7th Earl of Bessborough) Ponsonby,   b. 13 Aug 1829   d. 24 Feb 1906 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Lady Susan Lewis Cornwallis (of St Germains) Eliot,   b. 17 Dec 1825   d. 15 Jan 1911 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	15 Jan 1850
  Family ID	F37812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Vere (9th Earl of Bessborough) Ponsonby,   b. 27 Oct 1880   d. 10 Mar 1956 (Age 75 years)   2. Hon (Cyril) Myles Brabazon Ponsonby,   b. 1881   d. 1915 (Age 34 years)   3. 4 Further Children Ponsonby
  Family ID	F37813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  He qualified as a barrister in 1879 and was secretary to Lord Robert Grosvenor (a younger son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster) at HM Treasury from 1880– 84 and to Arthur Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884-95. After Peel's retirement in 1895, Ponsonby was appointed a CB that year and also took the courtesy title of Viscount Duncannon following his father's accession to the earldom of Bessborough, also in that year. In 1898, he was High Sheriff of Carlow, appointed a CVO in 1902 and a KP in 1914. He was also involved in business and became a director of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in March 1895, and served as its Chairman from February 1908 until his death.