Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby (1720 – 20 February 1762) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
He was the son of Major-General
Henry Ponsonby
Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby (10 December 182521 November 1895) was a British soldier and royal court official who served as Queen Victoria's Private Secretary.
Biography
Born in Corfu, he was the son of Major-General Sir Frede ...
by his wife Lady Frances, daughter of
Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath. His paternal grandfather was
William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon
William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon (1659 – 17 November 1724), was an Anglo-Irish peer.
Background
He was born in 1659, the third son of Sir John Ponsonby (c. 1608/9 – 1678) of Bessborough in County Kilkenny, a Cromwellian colonel of H ...
and
Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough
Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough (1679 – 4 July 1758), was a British politician and peer. He was the son of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon, and Mary Moore. He was an active politician from 1705 to 1757 in Great Britain and ...
was his uncle.
He sat in the
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fran ...
as member for
Newtownards from 1750 to 1761.
On 28 September 1746 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Clarke. They had one daughter, Frances, who married
George Lowther of Kilrue on 28 July 1767.
He married a second time on 23 October 1752, to Louisa, daughter of Henry Lyons of Belmont. They had one daughter, Sarah, who lived at
Plas Newydd with Eleanor Butler (daughter of
Walter Butler of
Kilkenny Castle
Kilkenny Castle ( ga, Caisleán Chill Chainnigh, IPA: kaʃlʲaːnˠˈçiːl̪ʲˈxan̪ʲiː is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland built in 1195 to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways. It was a symbol o ...
), where they were known as the
Ladies of Llangollen
The "Ladies of Llangollen", Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755–1831), were two upper-class Irish women whose relationship scandalised and fascinated their contemporaries. The pair moved to a Gothic house in Llangollen, No ...
.
By his third wife, Mary, daughter of
Sir William Barker, 3rd Baronet of
Kilcooly Abbey
Kilcooley Abbey is a Cistercian abbey near the village of Gortnahoe in County Tipperary, Ireland. The abbey is located within the grounds of the Kilcooley Estate. This abbey dates from 1182 when Donal Mor O’Brien granted lands to the Ciste ...
, he was the father of Mary, who married
Thomas Barton of Grove House,
Fethard, and of
Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker.
1762 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Irish MPs 1727–1760
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Down constituencies
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