George de la Poer Beresford (22 April 1831 – 3 August 1906) was an
Anglo-Irish
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Conservative
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politician.
Beresford was the son of the Most Reverend
Marcus Beresford,
Archbishop of Armagh
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdio ...
, son of the Right Reverend
George Beresford, Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh, son of
John Beresford, younger son of
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 on ...
. His mother was Mary, daughter of Henry Peisley L'Estrange.
He was appointed
High Sheriff of Cavan
The High Sheriff of Cavan was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Cavan, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Cavan County Sheriff. The sherif ...
for 1865. He was elected to the
House of Commons
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for
Armagh City
Armagh City was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland.
Boundaries
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Armagh in County Armagh. It was the successor constituency to the Armagh City constituency of the Parliament of ...
in
an 1875 by-election, a seat he held until 1885, when the constituency was abolished. In 1887, he was appointed
High Sheriff of Armagh
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.
Beresford married Mary Annabella, daughter of Reverend
William Vernon Harcourt and sister of
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, in 1860. He died in August 1906, aged 75. His wife survived him by eleven years and died in July 1917.
See also
*
Marquess of Waterford
Marquess of Waterford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier marquessate in that peerage. It was created in 1789 for George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone. It is presently held by Henry Beresford, 9th Marquess of Waterford.
The Ber ...
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1831 births
1906 deaths
High Sheriffs of Cavan
High Sheriffs of Armagh
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Armagh constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1874–1880
UK MPs 1880–1885
Irish Conservative Party MPs
George
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