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Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby
1819 - 1897 (78 years)1. Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby was born on 14 Mar 1819 (daughter of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough and Rt Hon Lady Maria Fane); died on 13 sept 1897. Family/Spouse: Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley of Canford. Charles (son of William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley of Canford and Barbara Ashley-Cooper) was born on 12 Sep 1815; died on 24 Aug 1896; was buried on 29 Aug 1896 in Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Helen Geraldine Maria Ponsonby, Countess of Morton was born in Jan 1853 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; died on 5 Jan 1949.
2. John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough was born on 31 Aug 1781 (son of 3rd Earl of Westmorland Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Frances Spencer, Countess of Bessborough); died on 16 May 1847 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Notes:
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, PC (31 August 1781 – 16 May 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician. He was notably Home Secretary in 1834 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1846 and 1847, the first years of the Great Famine.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ponsonby,_4th_Earl_of_Bessborough
John married Rt Hon Lady Maria Fane. Maria (daughter of 10th Earl of Westmorland John Fane and Sarah Anne Child) was born on 11 May 1787 in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire; died on 19 Mar 1834 in London; was buried in Wimbledon, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Rt Hon Lady Maria Fane was born on 11 May 1787 in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire (daughter of 10th Earl of Westmorland John Fane and Sarah Anne Child); died on 19 Mar 1834 in London; was buried in Wimbledon, London. Children:
- 1. Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby was born on 14 Mar 1819; died on 13 sept 1897.
Generation: 3
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3rd Earl of Westmorland Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough was born on 24 Jan 1758 in Sysonby, Leicestershire; died on 3 Feb 1844 in Canford, Dorset. Notes:
Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (24 January 1758 – 3 February 1844), was an Anglo-Irish peer.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Ponsonby,_3rd_Earl_of_BessboroughFrederick married Henrietta Frances Spencer, Countess of Bessborough on 27 Nov 1780 in St James Piccadilly, Westminster, London . Henrietta (daughter of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, Countess Spencer) was born on 16 Jun 1761 in Wimbledon, London; died on 11 Nov 1821 in Florence, Toscana, Italy; was buried in Cavendish Vault, Derby, Derbyshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Henrietta Frances Spencer, Countess of Bessborough was born on 16 Jun 1761 in Wimbledon, London (daughter of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, Countess Spencer); died on 11 Nov 1821 in Florence, Toscana, Italy; was buried in Cavendish Vault, Derby, Derbyshire. Notes:
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (16 June 1761 – 11 November 1821), born Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer (generally called Harriet), was the wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; the couple were the parents of the notorious Lady Caroline Lamb. Her father, John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, was a great-grandson of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her sister was Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Ponsonby,_Countess_of_BessboroughChildren:
- 2. John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough was born on 31 Aug 1781; died on 16 May 1847 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland.
- William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley of Canford was born on 31 Jul 1787 in Sysonby, Leicestershire; died on 16 May 1855 in St James Piccadilly, Westminster, London ; was buried on 23 May 1855 in Hatherop, Gloucestershire.
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10th Earl of Westmorland John Fane was born on 1 Jun 1759 in London; died on 15 Dec 1841 in 83 Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex; was buried on 27 Dec 1841 in Apethorpe, Northamptonshire. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Notes:
John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, KG, PC (1 June 1759 – 15 December 1841), styled Lord Burghersh between 1771 and 1774, was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who served in most of the cabinets of the period, primarily as Lord Privy Seal. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fane,_10th_Earl_of_Westmorland
John married Sarah Anne Child on 20 May 1782 in Gretna Green, Dumfries, Scotland. Sarah was born on 25 Aug 1764 in Osterley Park, London; died on 9 Nov 1793 in The Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland; was buried on 10 Dec 1793 in Apethorpe with Woodnewton, Northamptonshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Sarah Anne Child was born on 25 Aug 1764 in Osterley Park, London; died on 9 Nov 1793 in The Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland; was buried on 10 Dec 1793 in Apethorpe with Woodnewton, Northamptonshire. Children:
- 3. Rt Hon Lady Maria Fane was born on 11 May 1787 in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire; died on 19 Mar 1834 in London; was buried in Wimbledon, London.
Generation: 4
10. John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer was born on 19 Dec 1734; died on 31 Oct 1783. Notes:
John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (19 December 1734 – 31 October 1783) was a British peer and politician.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Spencer,_1st_Earl_Spencer
John married Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, Countess Spencer in 1754. Margaret was born on 8 May 1737; died on 18 Mar 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, Countess Spencer was born on 8 May 1737; died on 18 Mar 1814. Children:
- 5. Henrietta Frances Spencer, Countess of Bessborough was born on 16 Jun 1761 in Wimbledon, London; died on 11 Nov 1821 in Florence, Toscana, Italy; was buried in Cavendish Vault, Derby, Derbyshire.