lyo BESSBOROUGH 1695-99, 1703-21 ; p. C. [I.] II Nov. 1 71 5. On 11 Sep. 172 1 he was cr. BARON BESSBOROUGH,C) of Bessborough, co. Kilkenny [I.], taking his seat as such on the 23rd of the same month. On 28 Feb. 1722/3 he was cr. VISCOUNT DUNCANNON,C) of the fort of Duncannon, co. Wexford [I.], with the annual creation fee of 20 marks. He m. Mary, sister of Brabazon Moore, of Ardee, da. of the Hon. Randle Moore (4th s. of Charles, 2nd Viscount Drogheda [I.]), by his ist wife, Jane, da. of Edward (Brabazon), 2nd Earl of Meath [I.]. She d. 26 May 1713, in her 52nd year. He d. 17 Nov. 1724, aged about 65. Will pr. 1724, Prerog. Ct. [I.]. Both are bur. in the church of Fiddown. M.I. II. 1724. 2 and I. Brabazon (Ponsonby), Viscount Dun- FART DOM FT ^ CANNON and Baron Bessborough [I.], s. and h., b. 1679. L ■-' M.P. for Newtonards (sometimes called Newtown), co. I. 1739. Down, 1705-14; for co. Kildare 1715-24. Capt. of Grenadiers in the Enniskillen or 27th Reg. in 1707; Sheriff and Governor of co. Kilkenny, 1713; and of co. Kildare, 1714. Took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 7 Sep. 1725; P.C. [I.] 10 May i727;Commissioner of the Revenue [I.] 1739-44. On 6 Oct. I739hewascr. EARL OF BESSBOROUGH [I.], and took his seat as such on the 9th.('") Ten years afterwards he was cr., 12 June 1749, BARON PONSONBY OF SYSONBY, CO. Leicester [G.B.], and took his seat as such 17 Jan. 1750. Marshal of the Admiralty [I.] 1751-52; one of the Lords Justices [I.] May 1754-55, and May 1756-57. Vice Admiral of Munster 1755. A Whig in politics. He m., istly, Sarah, widow of Hugh Colvill, da. of James Margetson,('^) by Alice, da. of William (Caulfeild), ist Viscount Charlemont [I.]. She d. 21 May 1733, and was ^wr. at Fiddown afsd. He m., 2ndly, 28 Nov. 1733, Elizabeth ("of ;^2,ooo a year estate, and ;^io,ooo in ready money"), widow of John (Moore), ist Baron Moore of Tulla- MORE [I.], and before that of Sir John King, Bart. [I.], ist da. and coh. of John SANK.EY, of Tenelick, co. Longford, by Eleanor, 3rd da. of Robert Morgan, of Cottlestown, co. Sligo. By her, who d. 17 July 1738, aged 58, and was bur. at Fiddown, he had no issue. He d. at Bessborough, "of a surfeit of fruit," 4 July 1758, and was bur. at Fiddown, aged 79.('^) (f) The preambles of these patents, setting forth his illustrious descent from Picardy in France, and the staunch Protestantism of his father, are given in Lodge, vol. v, p. 274, note. () The preamble to the patent is in Lodge, vol. v, p. 278, note. (^) This James was s. and h. of James Margetson, Archbishop of Armagh. He possessed lands at Sysonby, co. Leicester, which consequently descended to the Pon- sonby family and gave the designation to their English Barony. () His 3rd s., John, was speaker of the House of Commons [I.], and was father of the 1st Baron Ponsonby [I.], and of George P., Lord Chancellor [I.]. V.Q.
