Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby married a second time on 23 October 1752, to Louisa, daughter of Henry Lyons of Belmont. They had one daughter, Sarah, who lived at Plas Newydd with Eleanor Butler (daughter of Walter Butler of Kilkenny Castle), where they were known as the Ladies of Llangollen. By his third wife, Mary, daughter of Sir William Barker, 3rd Baronet of Kilcooly Abbey, he was the father of Mary, who married Thomas Barton of Grove House, Fethard, and of Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker. Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby (1720 – 20 February 1762) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was the son
The Newcastle Eccentrics of the 19th century Cuckoo Jack's name appears in several songs including :- William Maclachlan was better known as "Cuddy Willy". He was one of the several well-known Newcastle eccentrics who for years walked the streets without hat or shoes, and in scanty and tattered clothes. He eked out a living by playing his fiddle (a home-made contraption which was simply a flat piece of wood, on which he tied a few pieces of string) in the streets or public-houses. He was addicted to drink and his death was caused by some idiots in one of the public bars, shamefully feeding him brandy as