John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough
(1809-1880), Man of affairsEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 3 portraits
John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough
by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and red chalk, 1834
NPG 4026(6)
John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough
by Richard James Lane, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph, (1834)
NPG D45935
probably John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough
by James John Chant, after Stephen Catterson Smith
mezzotint, published 1858
NPG D31725
Related People
- Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (grandfather)
- Henrietta Frances ('Harriet') Ponsonby (née Spencer), Countess of Bessborough (grandmother)
- John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (father)
- Caroline Amelia Ponsonby (née Gordon-Lennox), Countess of Bessborough (wife)
- Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough (brother)
- William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley (uncle)
- Lady Caroline Lamb (aunt)
- Sir Frederic Cavendish Ponsonby (uncle)
- Hon. Gerald Henry Brabazon Ponsonby (brother)
- Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane (né Ponsonby) (brother)
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