BESSBOROUGH 173 OF Durham, by Harriet, his ist wife, formerly Harriet CHOLiVoNDELEv, spinster. She, who was ^. 16 Oct. 1812,^. of consumption, at Bessborough House, 18, and was bur. 23 Dec. 1835, at Fiddown, 3 months after her marriage. He »;., 2ndly, 4 Oct. 1849, ^^ Fochaber, Caroline Amelia, ist da. of Charles (Gordon-Lennox), 5th Duke of Richmond, by Caroline, da. of Henry William (Paget), ist Marquess of Anglesey. He d. s.p., at Bessborough, 28 Jan., and was bur. 3 Feb. 1880, at Fiddown, aged 70. Will dat. 14 Nov. 1859 to 20 May 1879, P'"- i- ^'^7 1880. His widow, who was b. 18 June 18 19, d. at Bessborough, 30 Apr., and was bur. 6 May 1890, at Fiddown, aged nearly 71. Will dat. 21 Sep. 1882, pr. 14 June 1890. EARLDOM [LJ VL 6 and 7. Frederick George Brabazon (Ponsonby), Earl of Bessborough, ^c. [I.], also 3 Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby, ^c, next surv. br. "and h., b. 11 Sep. 18 15, in London. Ed. at Harrow, and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge. M.A. 1837. Barrister (Line. Inn) 1840. A Liberal. (^) He d.y unm., of bronchitis, at 45 Green Str., Mayfair, 11, and was bur. 19 Mar. 1895, ^^ Pilltown, co. Kilkenny, aged 79. Will dat. 18 Dec. 1833 to Feb. 1889, pr. 25 June 1895, at j^i 14,984 gross and ;^68,920 net. BARONY [1.] VII. EARLDOM [I.] VII. BARONY [I.] VIII. 7 and 8. Walter William Brabazon (Pon- sonby), Earl of Bessborough [1739], Viscount „ Duncannon [1723], and Baron Bessborough "^' [1721], in the Peerage of Ireland, also Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby [1749] and Baron Dun- cannon of Bessborough [1834], next br. and h.; b. IT, Aug. 1 821, at Roehampton, Surrey, and bap. at Putney; ed. at Harrow, and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge; B.A. 1840; M.A. 1843; took Holy Orders (>>) 1845; Rector of Canford Magna, Wilts, 1846-69, of Beer Ferris, Devon, 1869-75, °^ Marston Bigot, Somerset, 1875-80, and of Stutton, Suffolk, 1880-94. A Liberal Unionist. He m., 15 Jan. 1850, at St. James's, Westm., Louisa Susan Cornwallis, only da. of Edward Granville (Eliot), 3rd Earl of St. Germans, by Jemima, 3rd da. andcoh. of Charles (Cornwallis), 2nd Marquess Cornwallis. He d. at 38 Eccleston Sq., Pimlico, 24 Feb., and was bur. 2 Mar. 1906, at if) He was Chairman, 1 880-81, of the Bessborough Commission, whose report on the Irish Land Laws led to the passing of the Land Act in 1881. He abstained from voting on Gladstone's Home Rule Bill in 1893. He was an enthusiastic cricketer, and together with his friend, " Bob " Grimston, used for many years to coach the Harrow eleven. V.Q. C") Among temporal Peers in holyordersin 1895 were the Marquess of Norman by, the Ear! of Devon, the Earl de la Warr, Viscount Molesworth [I.], and Lord Plunket (Archbishop of Dublin).
