Henry Ponsonby (died 1681)

Cromwell's aim was to defeat the alliance of the Catholic Confederacy and English Royalists, the latter having lost to Parliamentarians in Great Britain.

Owners of Irish land were dispossessed to varying degrees, some as punishment but in any case to pay the British troops - who had not been paid for 18 months - in lieu of wages.

[1][2][3][4][5][6] Following the Stuart Restoration, Ponsonby received a pardon from Charles II for all treasons, rebellions, levying of war etc., committed before and until December 29, 1660.

[1]: 2054 [8][9][10] They had seven sons and eleven daughters; ten reached maturity, namely John, Thomas, Henry, Dorothy, Mary, Jane, Honora, Anne, Eleanor and Sarah.

Post mortem, he, along with Thomas Ponsonby, was attainted by the English Parliament and his name published in publicly-available lists in England and Ireland.