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.
James Wood.
1907.
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