Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough
Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough (11 December 1912 – 5 April 2002), was a British peer.
The Right Honourable The Earl of Bessborough | |
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Arms of Ponsonby: Gules, a chevron between three combs argent. | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 1994 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 10th Earl of Bessborough |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished by the House of Lords Act 1999 |
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| Born | Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby 11 December 1912 |
| Died | 5 April 2002 (aged 89) |
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He was the son of Maj. Hon. 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 first cousin, Frederick Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough, died without a male heir.
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