Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough


Myles Fitzhugh Longfield Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough, known as Viscount Duncannon from 1993 until 2002, is a British peer, holding an Earldom in the Peerage of Ireland, and other titles.
He is the son of Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough and Patricia, Countess of Bessborough, daughter of Col. Fitzhugh Lee Minnigerode.

Education and career

He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Later he was invested as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Family

In 1972 he married Alison Marjorie Storey, daughter of William Storey, and together they have three children:
The heir apparent to the earldom is the current his eldest son, Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon. In 2005 he married Emily Mott, daughter of Dr Peter Mott, and together they have two children: