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PONSONBY, Sir JOHN, Viscount Ponsonby and second Baron Ponsonby (1770 ?-1855), eldest son of William Brabazon Ponsonby, first baron Ponsonby [q. v.]; minister plenipotentiary at Buenos Ayres, 1826-8, and at Rio de Janeiro, 1828-30; envoy extraordinary at Brussels, 1830-1; envoy at Naples, 1832: ambassador at Constantinople, 1832-7; G.C.B., 1834; created Viscount Ponsonby, 1839 ; ambassador at Vienna, 1846-50. [xlvi. 86]

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Letter from Helen Matilda Webb Morgan to Frances Miller Seward, February 14, 1850

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PONSONBY, Sir JOHN, Viscount Ponsonby and second Baron Ponsonby (1770 ?-1855), eldest son of William Brabazon Ponsonby, first baron Ponsonby [q. v.]; minister plenipotentiary at Buenos Ayres, 1826-8, and at Rio de Janeiro, 1828-30; envoy extraordinary at Brussels, 1830-1; envoy at Naples, 1832: ambassador at Constantinople, 1832-7; G.C.B., 1834; created Viscount Ponsonby, 1839 ; ambassador at Vienna, 1846-50. [xlvi. 86]
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