William Ponsonby (British Army Officer)

William Ponsonby (British Army Officer)

Major-General Sir William Ponsonby KCB (13 October 1772 – 18 June 1815), styled The Honourable from 1806, was an Irish politician and British Army officer who served in the Peninsula War and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo.

Read more about William Ponsonby (British Army Officer):  Background, Peninsular War, Battle of Waterloo, Other

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