Biography of Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough 1821-1906
Paternal Family Tree: Ponsonby
Maternal Family Tree: Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland 1764-1793
On 16 Nov 1805 [his father] John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough (age 24) and [his mother] Maria Fane (age 18) were married at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. She the daughter of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 46) and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough (age 47) and Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough (age 44).
On 13 Aug 1821 Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough was born to John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough (age 39) and Maria Fane (age 34).
Around 1831 Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 9) educated at Harrow School.
In 1834 [his mother] Maria Fane (age 47) died.
Around 1836 Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 14) educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 03 Feb 1844 [his grandfather] Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough (age 86) died. His son [his father] John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough (age 62) succeeded 4th Earl Bessborough.
On 16 May 1847 [his father] John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough (age 65) died. His son [his brother] John George Brabazon Ponsonby 5th Earl Bessborough (age 37) succeeded 5th Earl Bessborough.
On 15 Jan 1850 Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 28) and Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Edward Granville Eliot 3rd Earl St Germans (age 51) and Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans (age 46). He the son of John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough and Maria Fane.
On 01 Mar 1851 [his son] Edward Ponsonby 8th Earl Bessborough was born to Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 29) and [his wife] Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 25).
Around 1852 [his daughter] Maria Ponsonby was born to Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 30) and [his wife] Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 26).
On 08 Sep 1853 [his son] Cyril Walter Ponsonby was born to Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 32) and [his wife] Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 27).
On 13 Sep 1854 [his son] Granville Ponsonby was born to Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 33) and [his wife] Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 28).
On 08 Jan 1856 [his son] Arthur Cornwallis Ponsonby was born to Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 34) and [his wife] Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 30).
On 08 Apr 1857 [his daughter] Ethel Jemima Ponsonby Baroness Raglan was born to Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 35) and [his wife] Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 31).
On 31 Jul 1859 [his son] Walter Gerald Ponsonby was born to Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 37) and [his wife] Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 33).
On 26 Nov 1864 [his brother-in-law] Edward John Cornwallis Eliot (age 37) died at Port Eliot, Cornwall.
On 26 Oct 1865 [his brother-in-law] Charles George Cornwallis Eliot (age 26) and Constance Rhiannon Guest (age 21) were married. He the son of Edward Granville Eliot 3rd Earl St Germans (age 67) and Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans.
On 22 Apr 1875 [his son] Edward Ponsonby 8th Earl Bessborough (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Blanche Vere Guest Countess Bessborough (age 28) were married. He the son of Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 53) and Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 49).
On 28 Feb 1883 [his son-in-law] George Somerset 3rd Baron Raglan (age 25) and [his daughter] Ethel Jemima Ponsonby Baroness Raglan (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 61) and Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 57). They were second cousins.
On 11 Mar 1895 [his brother] Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby 6th Earl Bessborough (age 79) died. His brother Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 73) succeeded 7th Earl Bessborough. [his wife] Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 69) by marriage Countess Bessborough.
On 22 May 1901 [his brother-in-law] Charles George Cornwallis Eliot (age 61) died.
On 24 Feb 1906 Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 84) died. His son [his son] Edward Ponsonby 8th Earl Bessborough (age 54) succeeded 8th Earl Bessborough. [his daughter-in-law] Blanche Vere Guest Countess Bessborough (age 59) by marriage Countess Bessborough.
On 15 Jan 1911 [his former wife] Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 85) died.
[his daughter] Sara Kathleen Ponsonby was born to Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough and Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough.
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Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
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Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ponsonby
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Folliot 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Randle Moore
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Moore
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ponsonby 2nd Earl Bessborough 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archbishop James Margetson
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Margetson
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bonnett
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Margetson 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont
GrandFather: Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Cavendish Countess Bessborough 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Hoskins
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hoskins of Oxted
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskyns Duchess Devonshire
Father: John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Digby Countess Sunderland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Spencer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke Marlborough 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess Marlborough
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Carteret 1st Baron Carteret 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower
Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Caroline Carteret 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Worsley 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Worsley Countess Granville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Thynne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
GrandMother: Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Newdigate Poyntz 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Poyntz 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen Poyntz 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lewis Mordaunt 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carey Viscountess Mordaunt 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Maria Mordaunt 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Fane 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Fane of Brympton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hannah Rushworth
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Scrope 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Scrope 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Swymmer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland
GrandFather: John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Farington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven
Great x 1 Grandmother: Augusta Bertie 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Piers
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Piers
Mother: Maria Fane 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Child of Headington in Wiltshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Child
Great x 2 Grandfather: Samuel Child
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Child
GrandMother: Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland