John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough

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John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough, PC (14 October 1809 – 28 January 1880) was a British peer and politician.

Ponsonby was the eldest son of the 4th Earl of Bessborough. On 8 September 1835, he married Lady Frances Lambton (a daughter of the 1st Earl of Durham). His wife died in 1835 and on 4 October 1849, he married Lady Caroline Gordon-Lennox (a daughter of the 5th Duke of Richmond). He held various political offices in the mid-19th century and on his death in 1880, without male heirs, his titles passed to his brother, Frederick.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Tennyson Sir William Horne	Member of Parliament for Bletchingley with Charles Tennyson 1831	Succeeded by The Viscount Palmerston Thomas Villiers
Preceded by Charles Pepys	Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers 1831–1832	Succeeded by Constituency disenfranchised
Preceded by Henry Cavendish Edward Strutt	Member of Parliament for Derby with Edward Strutt 1835–1847	Succeeded by Edward Strutt Hon. Edward Leveson-Gower
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl Granville	Master of the Buckhounds 1848–1852	Succeeded by The Earl of Rosslyn
Preceded by The Earl of Rosslyn	Master of the Buckhounds 1852–1858	Succeeded by The Earl of Sandwich
Preceded by The Earl of Sandwich	Master of the Buckhounds 1859–1866	Succeeded by The Earl of Cork
Preceded by The Earl of St Germans	Lord Steward 1866	Succeeded by The Duke of Marlborough
Preceded by The Lord Ossulston	Lord Steward 1868–1874	Succeeded by The Earl Beauchamp
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Bessborough	Lord Lieutenant of Carlow 1838–1880	Succeeded by Arthur Kavanagh
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by John Ponsonby	Earl of Bessborough 1847–1880	Succeeded by Frederick Ponsonby