# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-ponsonby-8th-earl-of-bessborough
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:57:21.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-ponsonby-8th-earl-of-bessborough"
name: "Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough"
slug: "edward-ponsonby-8th-earl-of-bessborough"
description: "Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough,, known as Viscount Duncannon from 1895 until 1906, was a British peer."
tagline: "Irish noble (1851-1920)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Duncannon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1851-03-01"
deathDate: "1920-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           32.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.334305333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_8-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Понсонби, Эдвард, 8-й граф Бессборо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "ادوارد بونسونبى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ponsonby%2C_8._Earl_of_Bessborough"
    title: "Edward Ponsonby, 8. Earl of Bessborough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ponsonby%2C_8th_Earl_of_Bessborough"
    title: "Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "ادوارد پونسونبی، هشتمین ارل بسبورو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ponsonby_(8e_comte_de_Bessborough)"
    title: "Edward Ponsonby (8e comte de Bessborough)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ponsonby%2C_VIII_conte_di_Bessborough"
    title: "Edward Ponsonby, VIII conte di Bessborough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3720005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump