John Beresford, 2nd Baron Decies (20 January 1774 – 1 March 1865) was an Irish peer and clergyman. His father, the 1st Baron Decies was son of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone and Catherine de Poer, Countess of Tyrone.

Early life

Beresford was born on 20 January 1774. He was the second son of nine children born to William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies, and Elizabeth FitzGibbon. Through his brother, the Rev. George Beresford, he was an uncle to British Army officer Marcus Beresford, MP for Northallerton and

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, and through his sister Louisa (through her marriage to Thomas Hope), he was an uncle to

Henry Thomas Hope Henry Thomas Hope (30 April 1808 – 4 December 1862) was a British MP and patron of the arts. Biography Henry Thomas Hope was born in London on 30 April 1808, the eldest of the three sons of the connoisseur Thomas Hope (banker, born 1769), T ...

, MP, and Alexander Beresford Hope, MP. Louisa later married their first cousin, William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford. His maternal grandparents were John FitzGibbon and wife Isabella ( Grove) FitzGibbon and his uncle was

John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare PC (Ire) (1748 – 28 January 1802) was Attorney-General for Ireland from 1783 to 1789 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1789 to 1802. He was a controversial figure in Irish history, being described var ...

. His paternal grandparents were Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone and Lady Catharine Power (only daughter of

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and 3rd

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). Among his extended family were uncles George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford and John Beresford, MP for Waterford, and aunts Catherine Beresford (wife of Thomas Christmas MP and Theophilus Jones MP), Frances Beresford (wife of Henry Flood), and Eliza Beresford (wife of Col.

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MP, son of Charles Cobbe,

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). He was educated at

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Career

A clergyman in the

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, he served as Rector of Tuam while his father was the

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from 1794 to 1819. Upon his father's death on 6 September 1819, he succeeded as the 2nd

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as his elder brother, Brig.-Gen. Marcus Beresford had died unmarried in 1804.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 335.

Personal life

On 26 July 1810, Beresford was married to Charlotte Philadelphia Horsley, the only daughter and heiress of the former Ellen Mary Kerr (a daughter of Andrew Seton Kerr) and Robert Horsley of Bolam House, Northumberland. Bolam House was built by Charlotte's father using stone from the ruined ancient castle on the estate which had been purchased in 1727 by his father, John Horsley. Following his marriage, he adopted the additional surname of Horsley in accordance with the terms of his wife's inheritance. Together, they were the parents of one son and three daughters: * William Robert John Horsley-Beresford, 3rd Baron Decies (1811–1893), who married Catharine Anne Dent, the second daughter of Cmdr. William Dent of

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. * Hon. Georgiana Catherine Horsley-Beresford (b. 1812), who married William Watson and, later, Henry Edward Brown in 1845. * Hon. Louisa Elizabeth Horsley-Beresford (1814–1891), who married

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, in 1834. * Hon. Caroline Agnes Beresford, Duchess of Montrose (1818–1894), who married

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in 1836. After his death in 1874, she married William Stuart Stirling-Crawfurd in 1876. After his death in 1883, she married, her second cousin twice removed, Marcus Henry Milner, third son of Henry Beilby William Milner and Charlotte Henrietta Beresford (second daughter of Most Rev.

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), in 1888. Lady Decies died on 9 March 1852. Lord Decies died on 1 March 1865 and was succeeded in the barony by his son

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Descendants

Through his only son and principal heir John, he was a grandfather of Caroline Catherine Horsley-Beresford (wife of Col. George Alexander Eason Wilkinson) William Marcus de la Poer Horsley-Beresford, 4th Baron Decies, John Graham Hope Horsley de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies, Hon. Seton Robert de la Poer Horsley-Beresford (who married actress Delia Dorothy O'Sullivan and Joan Rosemary Graves-Sawle),'Col Ralph Cobbold-Sawle', ''

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'', 8 December 1965. Hon. Catherine Elizabeth Ellen Horsley-Beresford (wife of Lt.-Col. Edward J. M. Lumb), Hon. Charlotte Ernestine Horsley-Beresford (wife of Maj. Cameron Barclay), Hon. Henry William Walter Horsley-Beresford (who married Constance ( Blades) Levenston), and Hon. William Arthur de la Poer Horsley-Beresford (who married four times). Through his daughter Louisa, he was grandfather to seven, including Lady Louisa Caroline Brudenell-Bruce (wife of

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), Lady Ernestine Mary Brudenell-Bruce (wife of William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel), Lt.

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(who married Lady Evelyn Mary Craven, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Craven), James Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, Henry Augustus Brudenell-Bruce, 5th Marquess of Ailesbury, Lord Robert Thomas Brudenell-Bruce (who married Emma Leigh), and Maj. Lord Charles Frederick Brudenell-Bruce (who married Margaret Renshaw). Through his youngest daughter's first marriage, he was a grandfather of

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, Lady Agnes Caroline Graham (wife of Lt. Col. John Murray), Lady Beatrice Violet Graham (wife of

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), and Lady Alma Imogen Leonora Carlotta Graham (wife of

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References

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