Sir Randal Beresford, 2nd Baronet (died 19 October 1681) was an

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politician and baronet.

Early life

He was the son of Sir Tristam Beresford, 1st Baronet and his first wife Anne Rowley, daughter of John Rowley of Castleroe,

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, the first

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, and Mary Gage. His paternal grandparents were Tristram Beresford, who was from

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before settling in Ireland, and his wife Susannah Brooke.

Career

Beresford entered the

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in 1661, sitting for

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until 1668. He served with Stephen Cuppage, who died and was replaced by William Jackson in 1666. Five years later, he succeeded his father as baronet.

Personal life

On 20 February 1662, he married Catherine Annesley, daughter of

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and his second wife Jane Stanhope, and had by her three sons and two daughters, including: * Sir Tristam Beresford, 3rd Baronet (1669–1701), who married Hon. Nichola Sophia Hamilton, youngest daughter of

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, in 1687. * Catherine Beresford, who married Matthew Pennefather, MP for

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, son of Matthew Pennefather, in 1697. * Jane Beresford (d. 1716), who married Lt.-Gen. Frederick Hamilton, son of Archibald Hamilton (himself a son of Robert Hamilton, 7th of Fairholm and of Milburne). Beresford died in 1681 and was buried at

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in London. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest surviving son Tristram.

Descendants

Through his daughter Catherine, he was a grandfather of Elizabeth Pennefather (–1736/7), who married

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References

1681 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Londonderry constituencies People from County Londonderry Randal Year of birth unknown Irish MPs 1661–1666 {{Ireland-baronet-stub