Marcus Beresford (14 February 1764 – 16 November 1797) was an Irish politician.

Background

A member of the Beresford family headed by the

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, he was the eldest son of John Beresford. George Beresford and

John Claudius Beresford John Claudius Beresford (23 October 1766 – 20 July 1846) was an Irish Tory Member of the UK Parliament representing Dublin City 1801–1804 and County Waterford 1806–1811. Early life Beresford was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. From ...

were his younger brothers.thepeerage.com Marcus Beresford
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Political career

Beresford returned to the

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for

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in 1783 and held this position until his death fourteen years later.

Family

Beresford married Frances Arabella, daughter of

Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown (11 March 1701 – 2 October 1783) was an Irish peer and politician. Background He was the son of Joseph Leeson, a brewer in Dublin, and Mary Brice, daughter of Alderman Andrew Brice, Sheriff of Dublin. ...

, 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

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politician and government minister. He died in November 1797 at the age of 33. His wife lived over 40 years longer than him and died in May 1840.

References

1764 births 1797 deaths

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Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Waterford constituencies Alumni of Trinity College Dublin {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub