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Beresford was the second son of John Beresford, 4th Marquess of Waterford, thus despite his courtesy title as the younger son of a Marquess, he was still eligible to enter the House of Commons. He combined the two careers of the navy and a member of parliament, making a reputation as a hero in battle and champion of the navy in the House of ...
William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768–1854), British soldier, Governor of Jersey Lord William Beresford (1847–1900), Irish soldier and holder of the Victoria Cross Charles Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford (1846–1919), better known as Lord Charles Beresford, British naval commander and politician, great-nephew of the 1st Viscount
John Beresford, illegitimate son of the first Marquess, was a soldier and politician and was created a baronet in 1814 (see Beresford-Peirse baronets). Lord Charles Beresford, second son of the fourth Marquess, was a naval commander and politician and was created Baron Beresford in 1916.
[89] Lord Charles Beresford, later to become a severe critic of Fisher, gave up a plan to return to Britain and enter parliament, because he had "learnt more in the last week than in the last forty years." [90] Fisher implemented a program of banquets and balls for important dignitaries to improve diplomatic relations.
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A member of the Beresford family headed by the Marquess of Waterford and the third of five children, he was the son of Major Henry Marcus Beresford and Julia Ellen Maunsell. His paternal grandfather was the Most Reverend Marcus Beresford , Archbishop of Armagh , youngest son of the Right Reverend George Beresford , Bishop of Kilmore , second ...
William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, GCB, GCH, PC (/ ˈ k ɑːr ˈ b ɛr ɪ s f ər d /; 2 October 1768 – 8 January 1854) was a British army officer and politician.A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in the First Wellington ...
The Beresford family are an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family headed by the Marquess of Waterford. Junior branches of the family include the Barons Decies . Subcategories