Mother Lady Maria Fane Name Walter 7th | Died February 24, 1906 | |
Spouse(s) Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Born 13 August 1821 ( 1821-08-13 ) Parents John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough Children Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough Grandparents Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough Great-grandparents John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer | ||
Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough (13 August 1821 – 24 February 1906), was a British peer and member of the House of Lords. He was the fifth son of John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Lady Maria Fane. He inherited the earldom on 11 March 1895 when his elder brother Frederick Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough, died unmarried and without a male heir.
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Education and career
He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Between 1846 and 1894 he acted as Rector for the parishes of Canford Magna, Wiltshire; Beer Ferris, Devon; Marston Bigot, Somerset; and Stutton, Suffolk.
Family
On 15 January 1850 he married Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot, daughter of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans, and his wife Lady Jemima Cornwallis. Together they had eight children: