Ponsonby Tottenham
Ponsonby Tottenham (1746 – 13 December 1818) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Biography[edit]
Tottenham sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Fethard between 1779 and 1790, before sitting for Bannow from 1790 and 1797. He then represented Clonmines between 1797 and the seat's disfranchisement under the Acts of Union 1800.[1] In 1800 he had been appointed Clerk of the Ordnance in the Irish Board of Ordnance and was awarded compensation of £487 2s. 6d per annum following the abolition of the post after the Union. Tottenham subsequently sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as the MP for Wexford Borough from 1801 to 1802, before representing New Ross between 1805 and 1806.
References[edit]
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.127 (Retrieved 25 April 2020).
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- 1746 births
- 1818 deaths
- 18th-century Anglo-Irish people
- 19th-century Anglo-Irish people
- Irish MPs 1776–1783
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- Irish MPs 1798–1800
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wexford constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wexford constituencies (1801–1922)
- UK MPs 1801–1802
- UK MPs 1802–1806