George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford
Hon. John Beresford | |
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Personal details | |
Born | George de la Poer Beresford 8 January 1735 |
Died | 3 December 1800 | (aged 65)
Spouse |
Elizabeth Monck (m. 1769) |
Children | 10, including Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford |
Parent(s) | Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone Lady Catherine Power |
Education | Kilkenny College |
Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
George de la Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, KP, PC (Ire) (8 January 1735 – 3 December 1800), styled Earl of Tyrone from 1763 to 1789, was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Early life
Beresford was the eldest surviving son of
His mother was the only daughter and heiress of
He was educated at Kilkenny College[4] and Trinity College Dublin.[5]
Career
From 1757 to 1760, he was a Member of the Irish House of Commons for County Waterford from 1757 to 1760, and for Coleraine from 1761 until 1763, when he inherited his father's earldom, entered the Irish House of Lords and was admitted to the Privy Council of Ireland.[6]
He was Governor of
Personal life
On 19 April 1769, he married Elizabeth Monck, the daughter of Henry Monck, of Charleville, and the former Lady Isabella Bentinck (second daughter of Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland). Elizabeth was also the cousin of Charles Monck, 1st Viscount Monck. Together, they were the parents of eight children:
- Marcus Beresford, Lord Le Poer (1771–1783), who died young.[3]
- Henry de la Poer, Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford (1772–1826), politician who married Lady Susanna Carpenter, only daughter of George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell, by his second wife Hon. Sarah Delaval (a younger daughter of John Delaval, 1st Baron Delaval), in 1805.[3]
- Most Rev. Lord John George (1773–1862), Archbishop of Armagh.[3]
- Lt.-Gen. Lord George Thomas Beresford (1781–1839), politician and soldier.[3]
- Lady Isabella Anne Beresford (1776–1850), who married Sir John Brydges, MP, in 1812.[3]
- Lady Catharine Beresford (1777–1843)[3]
- Lady Anne Beresford (1779–1842)[3]
- Lady Elizabeth Louisa Beresford (1783–1856), who married Maj.-Gen. Sir Denis Pack, in 1816, and Sir Thomas Reynell, 6th Baronet, in 1831.[3]
He also had two illegitimate sons,
Lord Waterford died in 1800 and his titles passed to his eldest surviving legitimate son, Henry.[7]
References
- ^ The Harbinger, Or, New Magazine of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion. Ward and Company. 1866. p. 57.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. E. Cave. 1819. p. 273.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. II. Dublin: James Moore. pp. 300–311.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
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- ^ a b Burke's Peerage (repr. 2003). p. 4091.
- ^ Debrett, John (1849). Debrett's Genealogical Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland. William Pickering. p. 550.