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Frederick Edward Neuflize "Eric" Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough DL (29 March 1913 – 5 December 1993), styled Viscount Duncannon from 1920 to 1956, was a British diplomat, businessman, playwright, Conservative politician, and peer.
Dec 18, 1993 · He got to know Gide, Claudel and Anouilh, and was recently much flattered to discover himself mentioned in Nancy Mitford's letters of the time as 'Angelic Eric Duncannon'.
Frederick Edward Neuflize (Eric) "10th Earl of Bessborough, Viscount Duncannon" Ponsonby aka 10th Earl of Bessborough, Viscount Duncannon. Born 29 Mar 1913 in Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom. Ancestors. Son of Vere Brabazon Ponsonby and Roberte (de Neuflize) Ponsonby.
- Male
- March 29, 1913
- Mary (Munn) Ponsonby
- December 5, 1993
Lord Duncannon, as he was styled until inheriting his father's earl- doms in 1956, was born in the purple, and was reputedly known as "Le Dauphin" when his francophil father served a four-year spell as Governor-General of Canada between 1931 and 1935.
Frederick Edward Neuflize "Eric" Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough DL (29 March 1913 – 5 December 1993), styled Viscount Duncannon from 1920 to 1956, was a British diplomat, businessman, playwright, Conservative politician, and peer.
Feb 14, 2009 · For eight short weeks, she was engaged to Eric, Lord Duncannon, son of the Earl and Countess of Bessborough. “It all happened in the rush of the war,” she recalled. “It looked all right on paper, if you see what I mean—you couldn’t fault it from that point of view.”
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, PC, known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician. He was notably Home Secretary in 1834 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1846 and 1847, the first years of the Great Famine.
