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Admiral Charles William de la Poer Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford, GCB, GCVO, FRSGS (10 February 1846 – 6 September 1919), styled Lord Charles Beresford between 1859 and 1916, was a British admiral and Member of Parliament.
Lord Charles Beresford was a prominent supporter of the Imperial Maritime League. The Imperial Maritime League was a British pressure group founded on 27 January 1908 as a breakaway from the Navy League in order to campaign for a larger navy. [1]
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
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William Beresford (1768–1856). Portrait of Lord Beresford by Sir William Beechey, 1815. The second creation was for General William Carr Beresford, GCB, GCH, GCTE (1768–1856) as Baron Beresford, of Albuera and Dungarvan in the County of Waterford of the Peerage of the United Kingdom, and was announced on 3 May 1814.
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
Lieutenant-Colonel Lord William Leslie de la Poer Beresford VC KCIE (20 July 1847 – 30 December 1900) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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 ...