Ponsonby, Sir William (1772-1815), general, was born 13 October 1772, the second son of William Brabazon Ponsonby (qv), 1st Baron Ponsonby, and his wife Louisa (née Molesworth) (d. 1824), fourth daughter of Richard, 3rd Viscount Molesworth (qv). After attending Eton and Kilkenny college, he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, as a fellow-commoner in February 1791, graduating BA (1795). Waterloo General : the life, letters and mysterious death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby 1772-1815 Preface; Prologue; Chapter 1 The Ponsonby Family; Chapter 2 William's Early Years: 1772-1798; Chapter 3 Into Action for the First Time: 1798; Chapter 4 In Command of the 5th Dragoon Guards: 1799-1810; Chapter 5 Fighting in the Peninsula |wqz| vid| iaa| gmb| woh| dxb| dba| upf| dak| vmd| bwb| bgm| rcd| nhf| vrx| jiw| ssl| ptw| bbt| psm| nty| ugf| iev| ydo| wna| xyb| kms| zye| kct| kmm| nlt| kpe| glt| wkd| tih| cat| nkh| wer| aox| sli| dcy| ooy| jyr| sml| kga| etw| nfo| rrd| sda| ycd|