# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vere-ponsonby-9th-earl-of-bessborough
# Generated: 2026-08-16T14:58:33.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vere-ponsonby-9th-earl-of-bessborough"
name: "Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough"
slug: "vere-ponsonby-9th-earl-of-bessborough"
description: "Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, was an Anglo-Irish businessman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the fourteenth since Canadian Confederation."
tagline: "British politician (1880-1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vere_Ponsonby%2C_9th_Earl_of_Bessborough%2C_circa_1935.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1880-10-27"
deathDate: "1956-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.11692266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "فير بونسونبى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vere Ponsonby, 9. Earl of Bessborough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vere_Ponsonby"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vere_Brabazon_Ponsonby"
    title: "Vere Brabazon Ponsonby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vere_Ponsonby"
    title: "Vere Ponsonby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ויר פונסונבי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ヴィアー・ポンソンビー (第9代ベスバラ伯爵)"
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    title: "Vere Ponsonby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vere_Ponsonby%2C_9.%C2%BA_Conde_de_Bessborough"
    title: "Vere Ponsonby, 9.º Conde de Bessborough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B8%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%2C_9-%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"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump