Background
He was the fifth son of John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Lady Maria Fane.
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Walter Brabazon
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He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
Between 1846 and 1894 he acted as Rector for the parishes of Canford Magna, Wiltshire. Beer Ferris, Devon; Marston Bigot, Somerset. And Stutton, Suffolk.
Together they had eight children:
Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough (born 1 March 1851, died 1 December 1920)
Maria Ponsonby (born c1852, died 19 November 1949)
Cyril Walter Ponsonby (born 8 September 1853, died 29 November 1927) - married Emily H Eyre Addington
Granville Ponsonby (born 13 September 1854, died 24 February 1924) - married Mabel Jackson
Arthur Cornwallis Ponsonby (born 8 January 1856, died 25 April 1918) - married Kathleen Eva Sillery
Ethel Jemima Ponsonby (born 8 April 1857, died 22 June 1940) - married George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan
Walter Gerald Ponsonby (born 31 July 1859, died 28 April 1934)
Sara Kathleen Ponsonby (died 10 June 1936) - married Major Charles Lancelot Andrews Skinner.
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February 24, 1906 (aged 84) -
Nationality
United Kingdom