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Marcus Beresford (other)
Marcus Beresford may refer to: *Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone (1694–1763), Irish MP for Coleraine * Marcus Beresford (Dungarvan MP) (1764–1797), Irish MP for Dungarvan, grandson of the above *Marcus Beresford (British Army officer, born 1764) (1764–1803), British Army general and MP for St Canice and Swords, grandson of the Earl of Tyrone *Marcus Beresford (British Army officer, born 1800) (1800–1876), British Army general and Whig MP for Northallerton and Berwick-upon-Tweed, great-grandson of the Earl of Tyrone *Marcus Beresford (bishop) (1801–1885), Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, great-grandson of the Earl of Tyrone *Marcus Beresford (Conservative politician) (1818–1890), British Conservative politician, MP for Southwark *Lord Marcus Beresford (1848–1922), British equerry and racing manager to King Edward VII, great-great-grandson of the Earl of Tyrone *Marcus Beresford, 7th Baron Decies Marcus Hugh Tristram de la Poer Beresford, 7th Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl Of Tyrone
Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone (16 July 1694 – 4 April 1763), known as Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Baronet, until 1720 and subsequently as The Viscount Tyrone until 1746, was an Irish peer, freemason and politician. Background He was the only son of Sir Tristram Beresford, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Nichola Sophia Hamilton, youngest daughter of Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount of Glenawly and his second wife Susanna Balfour. In 1701 his father died and Beresford, aged only five, succeeded to the baronetcy. His guardian was The 3rd Viscount Dungannon (1669-1706). After Lord Dungannon's death in 1706, his widow (Beresford's maternal aunt), Arabella, Viscountess Dungannon, served as Beresford's guardian. Career In 1715, he entered the Irish House of Commons, sitting for Coleraine until 1720, when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland with the titles Baron Beresford, of Beresford, in the County of Cavan, and Viscount Tyrone by King George I of Great Britain. A year later, he join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Beresford (Dungarvan MP)
Marcus Beresford (14 February 1764 – 16 November 1797) was an Irish politician. Background A member of the Beresford family headed by the Marquess of Waterford, he was the eldest son of John Beresford. George Beresford and John Claudius Beresford were his younger brothers. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Political career Beresford was returned to the Irish House of Commons for Dungarvan in 1783, a seat he held until his death fourteen years later. Family Beresford married Frances Arabella, daughter of Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown, in 1791. They had three children: *Lt John Theophilus Beresford (1792 – 19 January 1812), mortally wounded by the explosion of a magazine at the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo *Elizabeth Beresford (1794-7 December 1856), married Felix Calvert Ladbroke (1802-1869)England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 the son of Felix Ladbroke and Mary Ann Shubrick. * William Beresford (1797–1883) was a Conservative C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Beresford (British Army Officer, Born 1764)
Brigadier-General Marcus Beresford (1 June 1764 – 6 January 1803) was an Irish soldier and Member of Parliament. Early life He was a son of the Archbishop of Tuam, William Beresford, by his wife Elizabeth, sister of John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare.Edmund Lodge, ''The Peerage of the British Empire'', third edition (London, 1834page 135/ref> He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Career Beresford began his military career when he was commissioned as an ensign into the 9th Regiment of Foot on 26 October 1786. He was promoted to lieutenant on 30 June 1787 and then to captain in the 27th Regiment of Foot, later commanding an Independent Company. On 31 October 1793, he was promoted to first major in the 102nd Regiment of Foot (Trench's) and on 26 November 1794 to lieutenant-colonel in the 135th Regiment of Foot ( Sir Vere Hunt's). He was appointed Lieutenant-General of the Irish Ordnance in 1800 and promoted full colonel on 1 January 1801. He represented St Canice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Beresford (British Army Officer, Born 1800)
General Marcus Beresford (28 July 1800 – 16 March 1876) was an officer of the British Army and politician in England. Early life Beresford was born on 28 July 1800 in Cork, Ireland. He was the second son of the Rev. George Beresford and his wife Susan Gorges. His grandfathers were Archbishop William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies and Hamilton Gorges MP, of Kilbrew. His great-uncle George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, had two illegitimate sons, William Carr Beresford, created Viscount Beresford in 1814, and Sir John Beresford, "both of whom influenced the course of his career." He was educated at Winchester College and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1815. Career He was Member of Parliament for Northallerton from 1824 to 1826. At the next general election, he made way for Sir John Beresford at Northallerton and stood for Berwick-upon-Tweed, where his family had recently established an interest, serving from 1826 to 1832. "In the House, Beresford followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Beresford (bishop)
Marcus Gervais Beresford (14 February 1801 – 26 December 1885) was the Church of Ireland Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 1854 to 1862 and Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1862 until his death. Early life Beresford was born in 1801 at the Custom House, Dublin, then the town house of his grandfather, John Beresford, a unionist Member of Parliament, and was a great-grandson of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone. He was the second son of George Beresford, Bishop of Kilmore and later of Kilmore and Ardagh, and of his wife Frances, a daughter of Gervase Parker Bushe and a niece of Henry Grattan.Falkiner, C. L., Beresford, Marcus Gervais (1801–1885), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh', rev. Kenneth Milne, in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004). (subscription required for online access), retrieved 21 December 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Beresford (Conservative Politician)
Colonel Francis Marcus Beresford (August 1818 – 1 August 1890) was a British Conservative Party politician Early life and education He was born at Aylestone, Leicestershire, the fourth son of Rev Gilbert Beresford and his wife Anne. He was educated at King's College School, and went into business as a wharfinger. Career During the invasion scare of 1859, Beresford raised the 7th (Southwark) Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps in December and commanded it with the rank of Captain-Commandant.Ray Westlake, ''Tracing the Rifle Volunteers'', Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84884-211-3, pp. 230–3. By February 1860 the unit had six companies, and Beresford was promoted to Major-Commandant. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 19 November 1864. After his retirement from the command, he was appointed the Honorary Colonel of the battalion (later the 4th Volunteer Battalion, East Surrey Regiment) on 25 January 1873.''Army List''. He was elected at a by-election in Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Marcus Beresford
Lord Marcus Talbot de la Poer Beresford, KCVO (25 December 1848 – 16 December 1922) was an equerry and racing manager. The son of the 4th Marquess of Waterford, he ran the stables of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales from 1890. On the Prince's accession as King Edward VII in 1901, Beresford was appointed an Extra Equerry and Manager of His Majesty's Thoroughbred Stud, serving until the King's death in 1910. The new King George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ... similarly appointed him in charge of his stables from 1910 until his own death in 1922. On 28 August 1895, Beresford married Louisa Catherine Ridley, daughter of Major-General Charles William Ridley. Sources Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 107th edition Equerries Knights Commander of the Royal Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |