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BESSBOROUGH, EARLS OF

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 822 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BER-BLA
BESSBOROUGH, EARLS OF . The Ponsonby family, who have contributed many conspicuous men to Irish and English public life, trace their descent to Sir John Ponsonby (d. 1678), of
Cumberland
 , a Commonwealth soldier who obtained land grants in Ireland. His son William (1657-1724) was created Baron
Bessborough
  (1721) and Viscount Duncannon (1723), and the latter's son Brabazon was raised to the earldom of
Bessborough
  in 1739. He was the father not only of the 2nd
earl
  (1704-1793), but of John Ponsonby (q.v.),
speaker
  of the Irish
House
  of Commons. The 2nd
earl
  was a well-known Whig politician, who held various offices of state; and his son the 3rd earl (1758-1844) was father of the 4th earl (1781-1847), first
commissioner
  of works in 1831-1834, lord privy seal from 1835 to 1839 and lord-
lieutenant
  of Ireland in 1846. He was succeeded by his three sons, the 5th earl (d. r88o), 6th earl (1815-1895), a famous cricketer and chairman of the Bessborough commission (1881) to inquire into the Irish land
system
 , and 7th earl (d.i906), and the last named by his son the 8th earl.
BESSE'GES, a town of
south
 -eastern France, in the department of Gard, on the Ceze, 20 m. north of Alais by rail. Pop. (1906) 7662. The town is important for its coal-mines, blast-furnaces and iron-works.


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