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Vere Brabazon Ponsonby , 9th Earl of Bessborough -LRB- 27 October 1880 -- 10 March 1956 -RRB- was an Anglo-Irish businessman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada , the 14th since Canadian Confederation .. Canadian. Prime Minister of Canada. businessman. businessman. Anglo-Irish. Anglo-Irish people. Governor General of Canada. Governor General of Canada. 14th. List of Governors General of Canada#Governors General of Canada, 1867–present. Canadian Confederation. Canadian Confederation. Earl of Bessborough. Earl of Bessborough. Born and educated in England into ` the Ascendancy ' , the Anglo-Irish aristocracy , he graduated with a law degree from Cambridge University before entering politics as a member of the London County Council and then , in 1910 , as a member of the British House of Commons .. British. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. London. London. England. England. Anglo-Irish. Anglo-Irish people. the Ascendancy. Protestant Ascendancy. Cambridge University. Cambridge University. London County Council. London County Council. member. Member of parliament. British House of Commons. House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Upon the death of his grandfather 10 years later , Ponsonby succeeded as Earl of Bessborough and took his seat in the House of Lords .. Earl of Bessborough. Earl of Bessborough. House of Lords. House of Lords. He was in 1931 appointed as Governor General by King George V , on the recommendation of British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald , to replace The Earl of Willingdon as viceroy , and occupied that post until succeeded by The Lord Tweedsmuir in 1935 .. George V. George V. British. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Ramsay MacDonald. Ramsay MacDonald. The Earl of Willingdon. Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon. The Lord Tweedsmuir. John Buchan. King George V. King George V. British Prime Minister. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. viceroy. viceroy. Lord Bessborough is remembered for promoting new communication technologies as well as giving support to the Canadian population during the Great Depression .. Canadian. Prime Minister of Canada. Great Depression. Great Depression. After the end of his viceregal tenure , he returned to London , where he continued in business and also work with the Dominions Office and the Foreign Office before his death in March 1956 .. London. London. Dominions Office. Dominions Office. Foreign Office. Foreign Office. The 9th Lord Bessborough was the last Earl of Bessborough to own Bessborough House , the Ponsonby family 's ancestral seat near the village of Piltown in the south of County Kilkenny in Ireland .. Earl of Bessborough. Earl of Bessborough. ancestral seat. ancestral seat. Piltown. Piltown. County Kilkenny. County Kilkenny. Ireland. Ireland. The country house was largely built in the 1740s for the 1st Earl .. country house. country house. the 1st Earl. Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough. It was gutted by fire during the Irish Civil War in February 1923 .. Irish Civil War. Irish Civil War. The 9th Lord Bessborough had the house rebuilt in the late 1920s .. However , he sold the house in the late 1930s as he largely lived in Britain .. Britain. Great Britain. The house now forms the main part of Kildalton Agricultural College .