John Ponsonby

Irish politician (1713-1787) · Politicians · Died at 74

John Ponsonby, PC (Ire) was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was Speaker of the Irish House of Commons between 1756 and 1771, a period in which the legislative independence of the Kingdom of Ireland was increasingly asserted and tested.

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Sibling William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough

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