William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough
Politician in Britain and Ireland (1704-1793) · Politicians · Died at 89
William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was an Irish and English peer and member of the House of Lords.
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He served in both the Irish and the British House of Commons, before entering the House of Lords, and held office as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, and as Postmaster General of the United Kingdom. He was also a Privy Counsellor, Chief Secretary for Ireland and Earl of Bessborough.
