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Major General Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby GCMG KCB KCH (6 July 1783 – 11 January 1837) was an Anglo-Irish military officer.
Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (Londra, 6 luglio 1783 – Basingstoke, 11 gennaio 1837) è stato un militare britannico. Combatté contro Napoleone Bonaparte in Spagna e fu ferito durante la battaglia di Waterloo ; il governo britannico lo ricompensò nominandolo governatore di Malta nel 1826 .
Combatté nella guerra contro i Francesi nella Penisola Iberica, distinguendosi nelle battaglie di Talavera, Salamanca e Vitoria; partecipò anche alle campagne del 1815 e fu ferito a Waterloo; infine fu governatore di Malta (1826-35). biografie in storia. Militare inglese (n. 1783 - m. presso Basingstoke 1837).
Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby. The Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, GCMG, KCB, KCH; officer who served in the Peninsula War and was later gravely wounded at Waterloo; m. Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst, 1825; made Major General (1825); appointed Governor of Malta in 1826.
5 giorni fa · Sir Frederic Cavendish Ponsonby. (1783-1837), Major-General. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 3 portraits. Ponsonby was a cavalry officer serving on Wellington 's staff. It was he who brought to Wellington the news of Napoleon 's abdication in 1814. 'You don't say so, upon my honour!
Ponsonby was the second longest serving governor of Malta. His tenure was marked by several developments in the ecclesiastic, legal and constitutional spheres. Ponsonby showed firmness and ...
18 giu 2010 · SIR FREDERICK CAVENDISH PONSONBY. This post was originally published on June 18, 2010. When one thinks of the great British soldiers at the Battle of Waterloo, one naturally conjures up visions of the Duke of Wellington, Alexander Gordon and, of course, the Marquess of Anglesey, but one rarely thinks of Sir Frederick Cavendish ...
