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William Ponsonby

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British Army general (1772-1815)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1546?
Died: 1604
Works: 2

Top works

Skia nyktos
The Countesse of Pembrokes Emanuel
A report of the truth of the fight about the Iles of Açores
Prothalamion or A spousall verse made by Edm. Spenser. In honour of the double mariage of the two honorable & vertuous ladies, the Ladie Elizabeth and the Ladie Katherine Somerset, daughters to the Right Honourable the Earle of Worcester and espoused to the two worthie gentlemen M. Henry Gilford, and M. William Peter Esquyers
Amintæ gaudia

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Type: Person
Country: GB
Active from: 1926-12-19
Active to: 2019-11-03

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,587x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,924x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,975x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,735x
Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,525x

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Key dates

Born: 13 October 1772
Died: 18 June 1815

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: William
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain
Place of birth: Ireland
Place of death: Waterloo
Occupation: soldier
Educated at: Eton College
Political party: Tories
Languages spoken: English language

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1772 births 1815 deaths 5th Dragoon Guards officers British Army commanders of the Napoleonic Wars British Army major generals British military personnel killed in action in the Napoleonic Wars Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tipperary constituencies

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Conflict

Napoleonic Wars

Military branch

Military rank

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Major General William Ponsonby, Lt Coll of the Fifth Dragoon Guards.jpg

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Country

International Standard Book Number

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Waterloo

Parliament of the United Kingdom

House of Commons

St Paul's Cathedral

killed in action

French Revolutionary Wars

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Londonderry constituencies (1801–1922)

People educated at Kilkenny College

People of the Battle of Waterloo

Ponsonby family

UK MPs 1812–1818

Younger sons of barons

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Duchess of Richmond's ball

Edward Hodges Baily

John Rous, 2nd Earl of Stradbroke

Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby

John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby

Battle of Salamanca

Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry

Battle of Tolosa

Battle of Waterloo

Royal Scots Greys

6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton

1st The Royal Dragoons

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