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Ponsonby, John William, (1781-1847), 4th Earl of Bessborough, statesman

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Surname: Ponsonby
Forenames: John William
Gender: Male
Date: 1781-1847
Title: 4th Earl of Bessborough
Biography: ODNB link for Ponsonby, John William (1781-1847) 4th Earl of Bessborough, statesman
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P147550 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P23163 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John William Ponsonby
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1815-35: corresp and papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to West Sussex Record Office
See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982
2
1821-33: letters (22) received
Duke University: William R Perkins Library
XVIII-E
NRA 24152 Ponsonby
3
c1830-1835: letters to Lord Durham
Durham University Library and Collections
JGL (box 22)
NRA 11184 Lambton
4
corresp with 2nd Earl Grey
Durham University Library and Collections
Grey of Howick collection
NRA 6228 Grey
5
1832-47: letters to 3rd Earl Grey
Durham University Library and Collections
GRE/B78/2B
NRA 6228 Grey
6
letters (43) to Lord Hatherton
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office
D260, 1121, 1178, 4028, 4513, 4787
NRA 4022 Littleton

See HMC [4] Fifth report appendix
7
1801-44: corresp with Lord Holland
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 51724
8
1825-47: corresp with Lord John Russell
The National Archives
PRO30/22
9
c1830-45: letters to Lord Stanley
Liverpool Record Office
920 Der 14, box 116
NRA 20084
10
1818: corresp with George Tierney
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
no 23
NRA 14626 Tierney
11
1833-37: corresp with Lord Wellesley
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 37306-12 passim
12
1831-42: corresp rel to Office of Works
Parliamentary Archives
Willis papers
NRA 17437