title: John Ponsonby
text: # John Ponsonby
  
  John Ponsonby may refer to:
  
  * John Ponsonby (politician) (1713–1789), Irish politician
  * John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby (c. 1772 – 1855), British diplomat
  * John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (1781–1847), English politician
  * John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough (1809–1880), British politician
  * John Ponsonby (British Army officer) (1866–1952), British general
  * John Ponsonby (RAF officer) (1955-2022), senior commander in the Royal Air Force
  