Lord George Beresford

PC
PC
Comptroller of the Household
	In office; 28 July 1812 – 24 November 1830
Monarchs	George III; George IV; William IV;
Prime Minister	The Earl of Liverpool; George Canning; The Viscount Goderich; The Duke of Wellington;
Preceded by	Lord George Thynne
Succeeded by	Lord Robert Grosvenor
Personal details
Born	12 February 1781
Died	26 October 1839 (aged 58)
Nationality	2nd Dragoon Guards; 8th Cavalry Brigade
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars Hundred Days; ;

Anglo-Irish soldier, courtier and politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household

from 1812 to 1830.

Background

Beresford was the fourth and thus youngest son of George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, by his wife Elizabeth Monck, daughter of Henry Monck, Esq. of Charleville, and the former Lady Isabella Bentinck (second daughter of Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland).^[1]

Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford and Lord John Beresford were his elder brothers and Lord Beresford and Sir John Beresford his half-brothers.^[2]

Military career

Beresford was appointed a cornet in the

2nd Dragoon Guards on 30 July 1807. He was granted brevet rank as a colonel on 1 January 1812 and promoted to major-general 4 June 1814.^[3]

Political career

Beresford was returned to parliament for

Privy Council and appointed Comptroller of the Household under Lord Liverpool.^[6] In 1814 he was elected to parliament for County Waterford.^[7] He did not sit in parliament between 1826 and 1830 but nonetheless continued as Comptroller of the Household. He was once again returned to parliament for County Waterford in March 1830^[7] and remained as Comptroller of the Household until the Whigs came to power under Lord Grey in late 1830. He continued to represent County Waterford in parliament until the 1831 general election.^[7]

Family

Beresford married Harriet Schutz, daughter of John Bacon Schutz, Esq. of Gillingham Hall, Suffolk, on 22 November 1808. They had three daughters:

Elizabeth Harriet Georgina (1810–1889), married Admiral Henry Eden.
Harriet Susan Isabella (d. 1859), married George Dunbar, MP for Belfast.
Caroline Susan Catherine (d. 1866), married Hon. Edward Kenyon, of Maesfen, Shropshire.

Beresford died in October 1839, aged 58. Lady George Beresford, who was noted as an amateur painter, died in April 1860.^[2]

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b General Rt. Hon. Lord George Thomas Beresford
^ John Philippart, The Royal Military Calendar (1821) volume III page 377.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
^ "No. 16632". The London Gazette. 11 August 1812. p. 1579.
^ ^a ^b ^c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord George Beresford

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Hon. Charles Stewart Sir George Hill, Bt	Hon. Charles Stewart	Succeeded by Hon. Charles Stewart Hon. William Ponsonby
Preceded by John Beresford	Member of Parliament for Coleraine 1812–1814	Succeeded by Sir John Beresford, Bt
Preceded by Sir William Beresford Richard Power	Member of Parliament for County Waterford 1814–1826 With: Richard Shapland Power	Succeeded by Richard Power Hon. Henry Villiers-Stuart
Preceded by Richard Power Hon. Henry Villiers-Stuart	Member of Parliament for County Waterford 1830–1831 With: Richard Shapland Power to March 1830 Daniel O'Connell from March 1830	Succeeded by Sir Richard Musgrave, Bt Robert Power
Political offices
Preceded by Hon. George Thynne	Comptroller of the Household 1812–1830	Succeeded by Lord Robert Grosvenor
Military offices
Preceded by The Viscount Combermere	Colonel of the 3rd (The King's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 1829–1839	Succeeded by Lord Charles Manners

[1] 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.

[thepeerage.com-2] General Rt. Hon. Lord George Thomas Beresford

[3] John Philippart, The Royal Military Calendar (1821) volume III page 377.

[4] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)

[5] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)

[6] "No. 16632". The London Gazette. 11 August 1812. p. 1579.

[rayment-7] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)

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