PONSONBY, SIR FREDERICK CAVENDISH

PONSONBY, SIR FREDERICK CAVENDISH
   military officer; served in the Peninsular War; distinguished himself at Waterloo; lay wounded all night after the engagement; was conveyed next day in a cart to the village with seven wounds in his body; was a great favourite with the army (1783-1837).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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