Who dated Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough?
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville dated Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough from ? until ?. The age gap was 12 years, 3 months and 26 days.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan dated Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough from ? until ?. The age gap was 9 years, 7 months and 17 days.
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough
Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (née Spencer; 16 June 1761 – 11 November 1821), was the wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; the couple were the parents of Lady Caroline Lamb. Her father, John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, was a great-grandson of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her sister was Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
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Granville Leveson-Gower (1773-1846), aussi connu Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, créé suo jure vicomte puis comte Granville, est politique et diplomate britannique d'origine noble.
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751 – 7 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and Ilchester. The owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London, he wrote several prominent plays such as The Rivals (1775), The Duenna (1775), The School for Scandal (1777) and A Trip to Scarborough (1777). He served as Treasurer of the Navy from 1806 to 1807. Sheridan died in 1816 and was buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. His plays remain a central part of the Western canon and are frequently performed around the world.
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