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unusual facts about Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough


Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough

Myles Brabazon (1881–1915), soldier and father of the 11th Earl of Bessborough.


Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough

Later he rose to the rank of Captain in the service of the Welsh Guards and saw action in the Second World War.

Cyril Myles Brabazon Ponsonby, second son of Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Rita Narcissa Longfield, daughter of Lt. Col. Mountifort John Courtenay Longfield.

He inherited the earldom on 5 December 1993 when his cousin Frederick Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough died without a male heir.

He died on 5 April 2002 and was succeeded by his eldest son Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough

Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough

He is the son of Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Patricia Minnigerode, daughter of Col. Fitzhugh Lee Minnigerode.


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