Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Thomas Carrique Ponsonby,
Lieutenant in Royal Navy:
He was a
Royal Navy officer.
Midshipman 1815
[Ponsonby, 1929].
Appointed
Lieutenant.
ADM 196/13/7
seems to show Lieutenant as at 1822.
Though
[Navy List, June 1827]
says it was 30 Apr 1827.
[Ponsonby, 1929]
says 1827.
He
mar 10 June 1828 in Kinsale
to his 1st cousin
Frederica Dunlevie
[descendant of Edward III].
In 1831 he was appointed to the Coast Guard Service.
See notice
in
Chutes Western Herald,
3 December, 1831.
And
notice
in
Kerry Evening Post,
7 December, 1831.
These describe him as Lieutenant, Royal Navy.
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Inherits Crotto:
He inherited the family home of Crotto, Co.Kerry, in Dec 1831 when his father died. There is a letter of 23 Jan 1832 from Thomas C. Ponsonby, Crotto, in Ms. 20,602 in [Rowan Papers]. Black border since father just died. Thomas was party to Louisa Ponsonby's mar settlement 1833. See Sir John Benn-Walsh's visit to Crotto, 1834. Benn-Walsh says Thomas "was in the navy but left it & married on coming to this fortune, which is in fact a mere nominal thing, as it is eaten up with debts & charges. He seems a complete specimen of the embarrassed, broken down Irish squire". Benn-Walsh says that the Crotto estate "is shortly to be sold under a decree of the court to pay off numerous charges upon it." Ponsonby tried to interest Benn-Walsh in buying it. He proposed various schemes of purchase but Benn-Walsh was sceptical.
[Pettigrew & Oulton, 1835, p.196]
lists Thomas at Crotto,
listed as one of the magistrates of Co.Kerry.
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Sold Crotto:
He
sold Crotto estate in 1840s.
Sold Crotto House 1842.
[Deed, 1842]
is about him selling off the massive Ponsonby estate of Kilflyn, and debts.
He is described in
[Deed, 1842]
as late of Crotto House, now of North Richmond St, Dublin
(see map).
Thomas C. Ponsonby, "bar.", is listed at
148 Lower Gloucester St (now Sean McDermott St), Dublin, in
[Thom's, 1845].
See photo.
Active again in Navy:
He was appointed 24 Nov 1847 as
Lieutenant
commanding the
Firefly
(also here).
Listed with the Firefly
at Portsmouth in
[Navy List, Dec 1847].
He is listed
as
Lieutenant
on
Firefly
in 1848.
He is listed
in the
Landed Estates Court Rentals
as selling off land in Co.Kerry on
7 June 1850
under the
Encumbered Estates Act (1849).
Listed as Lieutenant at dau's mar 1853.
He is declared
to be
"an Insolvent"
in
Landed Estates Court Rentals
notice
of Jan-Feb 1857.
Still listed as Lieutenant in
[Navy List, Dec 1860].
Lieutenant retired with rank of Commander, 1861:
He was a Lieutenant
retired with the rank of Commander
on 1 Jan 1861
[Navy List, June 1861].
ADM 196/37/526
seems to show him as Commander as at 1847.
(He was a Lieutenant commanding.)
Did NOT become a
Captain.
Jan Bridge
says he
"went bankrupt in England in the 1860's".
Described as "deceased" at son's marriage 1882.
Thomas and Frederica
had issue:
in
[St.Peter's par records].
The
[JCHAS]
notes are wrong in their identification of Mr. Ponsonby.
by Brendan Hall.
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