James Carrique Ponsonby (1738 - December 1796) [also recorded as Carrigue, Carigue, Carique and Carrick] was an Irish member of parliament (MP) for two different constituencies, high sheriff, justice of the peace and grand juror of County Kerry and an important Irish landowner.
He was born as James Carrique to Anne Dorothy (née Crosbie) and William Carrique; his mother was the daughter of Lady Margaret Barry and Thomas Crosbie; his father was a lawyer, JP, high sheriff and grand juror, resident at Crotta.
[4][5] On 3 May 1766, he married Mary O'Hara, daughter of Charles O'Hara, MP for Ballynakill and then Armagh Borough,[6] and Lady Mary (née Carmichael), daughter of Brigadier-General James Carmichael, 2nd Earl of Hyndford, a descendant of James V of Scotland and Henry VII.
[15] On 28 April 1781, he made an application for the next session of parliament to raise funds by mortgage or sale of properties in County Limerick (devised to him by his great uncle) to pay debts affecting his properties in Kerry and for these funds to service his separation settlement and to provide for other circumstances.
[3][6]: 76 He died aged 58 in 1796 and was buried in the Ponsonby tomb at Kilflynn Church (now St. Columba's Heritage Centre), close to Crotta.