Hon. Henry Ponsonby (1685 – 11 May 1745) was an Irish soldier. He was the son of

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 brother of

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 ...

. He married his cousin Lady Frances Brabazon, daughter of

Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath Privy Council of Ireland, PC (I) (c. 1645 – 1 April 1715), styled Hon. Chambré Brabazon from 1652 to 1707, was an Irish nobleman and politician. Education and offices He was the third son of Edward Bra ...

, and was father of

Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby (1720 – 20 February 1762) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was the son of Major-General Henry Ponsonby by his wife Lady Frances, daughter of Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath. His paternal grandfather was Wil ...

. 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 fra ...

for Fethard from 1715 to 1727. In 1727 he was elected for both Clomines and

Inistioge Inistioge (; ) is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Historically, its name has been spelt as Ennistioge, Ennisteage, and in other ways. The village is situated on the River Nore, southeast of Kilkenny. Situated along the River No ...

, sitting for the latter constituency until his death. He reached the rank of

Major-General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

and was colonel of a Regiment of Foot, (later the 37th Regiment of Foot), from 1735 to his death. He was killed at the

Battle of Fontenoy The Battle of Fontenoy was a major engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession, fought on 11 May 1745 near Tournai in modern Belgium. A French army of 50,000 under Marshal Saxe defeated a Pragmatic Army of roughly the same size, led by th ...

in 1745.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponsonby, Henry 1685 births 1745 deaths Irish soldiers in the British Army Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wexford constituencies Younger sons of viscounts