| William
Ponsonby
2nd Earl of Bessborough
(1704-93)
Titles and Honours
2nd Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby, co. Leicester, 1758-93† (Great Britain)[39A]
3rd Baron Bessborough, of Bessborough, co. Kilkenny, 1758-93† (Ireland)[39A]
3rd Viscount Duncannon, of Duncannon fort, co. Wexford, 1758-93† (Ireland)[39A]
Positions Held
Privy councillor (Great Britain, 1765 )[39A]
Joint postmaster-general, 1759-62, 1765-66[39A]
Governor and custos rotulorum Keeper of the Rolls of Kilkenny, 1758[39A]
Vice Admiral of Munster, 1758[39A]
Lord of the Treasury, 1756-59[39A]
MP for Harwich, 1756–58[39A]
MP for Saltash, 1754–56[39A]
Lord of the Admiralty, 1746-56[39A]
MP for Derby, 1742–54[39A]
Chief secretary for Ireland, 1741[F76]
Secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ireland, 1741-44[39A]
Privy councillor (Ireland), 1741[39A]
MP for Kilkenny, 1727–58[39A]
MP for Newtonards, 1725-27[39A]
Senior grand warden of the grand lodge of freemasons of Ireland[F76]
Biographical
A trustee of the British Museum, 1768-93†.[39A]
Member of the Accademia di Desegno at Florence.[F76]
Will proved May 1793.[39A]
Place of burial: All Saints' Church, Derby[39A] |
