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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/British_%28English%29_School_-_The_Honourable_Richard_Ponsonby_%281772%E2%80%931853%29%2C_Bishop_of_Derry_and_Raphoe_-_216419_-_National_Trust.jpg/330px-British_%28English%29_School_-_The_Honourable_Richard_Ponsonby_%281772%E2%80%931853%29%2C_Bishop_of_Derry_and_Raphoe_-_216419_-_National_Trust.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/British_%28English%29_School_-_The_Honourable_Richard_Ponsonby_%281772%E2%80%931853%29%2C_Bishop_of_Derry_and_Raphoe_-_216419_-_National_Trust.jpg/440px-British_%28English%29_School_-_The_Honourable_Richard_Ponsonby_%281772%E2%80%931853%29%2C_Bishop_of_Derry_and_Raphoe_-_216419_-_National_Trust.jpg 2x" data-file-width="998" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Richard Ponsonby</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Right_Reverend" class="mw-redirect" title="Right Reverend">Rt. Rev.</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">Hon.</a> <b>Richard Ponsonby</b> (1772–1853) was an Irish clergyman who held high office in the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Ponsonby&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born at <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> in 1772, the third son of <a href="/wiki/William_Ponsonby,_1st_Baron_Ponsonby" title="William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby">William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby</a> of Imokilly and Louisa Molesworth.<sup id="cite_ref-peercom_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peercom-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny_College" title="Kilkenny College">Kilkenny College</a>, and at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Dublin" title="Trinity College Dublin">Trinity College Dublin</a>, where he graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> in 1794, and <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)">Master of Arts</a> in 1816.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>During 1795, he was ordained <a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">deacon</a> on 1 March and <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priest</a> on 27 November, and was installed <a href="/wiki/Prebendary" title="Prebendary">prebendary</a> of Tipper in <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin">St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin</a> on 2 December.<sup id="cite_ref-fastihibvol2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastihibvol2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He succeeded by patent to the <a href="/wiki/Precentor" title="Precentor">precentorship</a> of St. Patrick's on 25 July 1806, and <a href="/wiki/Deans_of_St._Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin">dean</a> on 3 June 1817.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ponsonby was elevated the episcopate when he was consecrated <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Killaloe_and_Kilfenora" title="Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora">bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora</a> on 16 March 1828,<sup id="cite_ref-fastihibvol1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastihibvol1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HBOBC_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HBOBC-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was <a href="/wiki/Translation_(ecclesiastical)" title="Translation (ecclesiastical)">translated</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Derry" title="Bishop of Derry">Derry</a> on 21 September 1831.<sup id="cite_ref-fastihibvol3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastihibvol3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fryde387_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fryde387-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the <a href="/wiki/Church_Temporalities_(Ireland)_Act_1833" class="mw-redirect" title="Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833">Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833</a> (<a href="/wiki/3_%26_4_Will._4" class="mw-redirect" title="3 & 4 Will. 4">3 & 4 Will. 4</a>. c. 37), he became <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Derry_and_Raphoe" title="Bishop of Derry and Raphoe">bishop of Derry and Raphoe</a> on 5 September 1834 when the two dioceses were united.<sup id="cite_ref-Fryde387_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fryde387-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was president of the Church Education Society, and died at the Episcopal palace in Derry on 27 October 1853.<sup id="cite_ref-fastihibvol3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastihibvol3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fryde387_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fryde387-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Ponsonby&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He married, in 1804, his cousin Frances, second daughter of <a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Rt Hon.</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Staples" title="John Staples">John Staples</a>, MP for <a href="/wiki/Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">Antrim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Ireland" title="Privy Council of Ireland">Privy Councillor</a>, and his second wife Henrietta Molesworth, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Molesworth,_3rd_Viscount_Molesworth" title="Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth">Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth</a> and Mary Ussher. She died on 15 December 1858, having had a son, William Brabazon, fourth and last <a href="/wiki/Baron_Ponsonby_of_Imokilly" title="Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly">Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly</a>, who died on board his <a href="/wiki/Yacht" title="Yacht">yacht</a>, the <i>Lufra,</i> off <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>, on 10 September 1866.<sup id="cite_ref-peercom_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peercom-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The couple also has four daughters, Harriet, Elizabeth, Frances and Emily. Frances and Emily kept an interesting joint <a href="/wiki/Diary" title="Diary">diary</a>, of which the surviving fragments were published in the 1970s, recording their impressions of <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a> in 1837, when they accompanied their father on his visit. Emily married the Reverend Charlton Maxwell, Rector of Leckpatrick, and had issue. Elizabeth married Simon Purdon, of the well-known landowning family of Tinerana, <a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">County Clare</a>. They were the parents of Commander George Purdon, RN, and the great-grandparents of the British <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> politician <a href="/wiki/James_Thomas,_1st_Viscount_Cilcennin" title="James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin">James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Ponsonby&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-peercom-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-peercom_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-peercom_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p2589.htm#i25882">Rt. Rev. Hon. Richard Ponsonby</a>. <i>thePeerage.com</i>. Retrieved on 17 September 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fastihibvol2-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fastihibvol2_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCotton1848" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Cotton, Henry (1848). <i>The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland</i>. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 2, The Province of Leinster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. p. 160.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Succession+of+the+Prelates+and+Members+of+the+Cathedral+Bodies+of+Ireland&rft.place=Dublin&rft.series=Fasti+ecclesiae+Hiberniae&rft.pages=160&rft.pub=Hodges+and+Smith&rft.date=1848&rft.aulast=Cotton&rft.aufirst=Henry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Ponsonby" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCotton1848" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Cotton, Henry (1848). <i>The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland</i>. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 2, The Province of Leinster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. p. 107.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Succession+of+the+Prelates+and+Members+of+the+Cathedral+Bodies+of+Ireland&rft.place=Dublin&rft.series=Fasti+ecclesiae+Hiberniae&rft.pages=107&rft.pub=Hodges+and+Smith&rft.date=1848&rft.aulast=Cotton&rft.aufirst=Henry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Ponsonby" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fastihibvol1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fastihibvol1_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCotton1851" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Cotton, Henry (1851). <i>The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland</i>. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 1, The Province of Munster (2nd Edition, corrected and enlarged ed.). Dublin: Hodges and Smith. p. 474.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Succession+of+the+Prelates+and+Members+of+the+Cathedral+Bodies+of+Ireland&rft.place=Dublin&rft.series=Fasti+ecclesiae+Hiberniae&rft.pages=474&rft.edition=2nd+Edition%2C+corrected+and+enlarged&rft.pub=Hodges+and+Smith&rft.date=1851&rft.aulast=Cotton&rft.aufirst=Henry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Ponsonby" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HBOBC-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HBOBC_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFryde,_E._B.Greenway,_D._E.Porter,_S.Roy,_I.1986" class="citation book cs1">Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). <i>Handbook of British Chronology</i> (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 397. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-56350-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-521-56350-X"><bdi>0-521-56350-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Handbook+of+British+Chronology&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pages=397&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0-521-56350-X&rft.au=Fryde%2C+E.+B.&rft.au=Greenway%2C+D.+E.&rft.au=Porter%2C+S.&rft.au=Roy%2C+I.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Ponsonby" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fastihibvol3-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fastihibvol3_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fastihibvol3_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCotton1849" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Cotton, Henry (1849). <i>The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland</i>. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 3, The Province of Ulster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. p. 328.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Succession+of+the+Prelates+and+Members+of+the+Cathedral+Bodies+of+Ireland&rft.place=Dublin&rft.series=Fasti+ecclesiae+Hiberniae&rft.pages=328&rft.pub=Hodges+and+Smith&rft.date=1849&rft.aulast=Cotton&rft.aufirst=Henry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Ponsonby" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fryde387-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Fryde387_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fryde387_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fryde387_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFryde,_E._B.Greenway,_D._E.Porter,_S.Roy,_I.1986" class="citation book cs1">Fryde, E. 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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 387. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-56350-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-521-56350-X"><bdi>0-521-56350-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Handbook+of+British+Chronology&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pages=387&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0-521-56350-X&rft.au=Fryde%2C+E.+B.&rft.au=Greenway%2C+D.+E.&rft.au=Porter%2C+S.&rft.au=Roy%2C+I.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Ponsonby" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FABE60;"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland titles</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">John William Keatinge</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Deans_of_St._Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin">Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin</a> </b><br />1818–1828 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Henry Richard Dawson</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Arbuthnot_(bishop)" title="Alexander Arbuthnot (bishop)">Alexander Arbuthnot</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Killaloe_and_Kilfenora" title="Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora">Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora</a> </b><br 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