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John Ponsonby (politician)
1789Dec, 12

John Ponsonby (politician)

John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
Hon. John Ponsonby, PC (Ire) (29 March 1713 – 16 August 1787) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

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