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.[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2]
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.[3]
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 (d. 7 December 1856), married Felix Ladbroke
- William Beresford (1797–1883) was a Conservative politician and government minister.
He died in November 1797, aged 33. His wife survived him by over 40 years and died in May 1840.[1]
References
- thepeerage.com Marcus Beresford
- "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p60: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- "leighrayment.com Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
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