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John Horsley Beresford, 2nd Baron Decies (20 January 1774 – 1 March 1865) was an Irish peer and clergyman.
Early life [ edit ]
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, niece of John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare .[1] William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford .[1]
His paternal grandparents were Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone and Lady Catharine Power (only daughter of James Power, 3rd Earl of Tyrone and 3rd Viscount Decies ). Among his extended family were uncles George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford and Hon. John Beresford .[1]
He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University .[1]
A clergyman in the Church of Ireland , he served as Rector of Tuam while his father was the Archbishop of Tuam from 1794 to 1819.[2]
Upon his father's death on 6 September 1819, he succeeded as the 2nd Baron Decies as his elder brother, Brig.-Gen. Marcus Beresford had died unmarried in 1804.[1]
Personal life [ edit ]
Lord Decies' youngest daughter, Caroline Agnes Graham, Duchess of Montrose .
On 26 July 1810, Beresford was married to Charlotte Philadelphia Horsley, the only daughter and heiress of Robert Horsley, of Bolam House, Bolam, Northumberland .[1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Lady Decies died on 9 March 1852. Lord Decies died on 1 March 1865 and was succeeded in the barony by his son William .[1]
References [ edit ]
Sources
^ a b c d e f g Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware , U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 335.
^ Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . Retrieved 2 February 2022 .
^ "BOLAM CASTLE" . www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info . Retrieved 2 February 2022 .
^ "Bolam Lake: A history of the area of Bolam" (PDF) . www.northumberland.gov . Northumberland County Council. Retrieved 2 February 2022 .
^ The Dublin almanac, and general register of Ireland, for 1847 . Retrieved 2 February 2022 .
^ Hansard's Pocket Peerage 66 . Retrieved 2 February 2022 .
^ a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority . Retrieved 31 January 2022 .
^ "DEATH OF LORD DECIES" . The Newcastle Weekly Courant . 8 July 1893. p. 3 . Retrieved 31 January 2022 .
^ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, for ...: Including All the Titled Classes . Retrieved 31 January 2022 .
^ Selby, Walford Dakin (1884). The Genealogist 42 . Retrieved 2 February 2022 .
^ Society, Harleian (1897). The Publications of the Harleian Society: Registers Harleian Society . Retrieved 2 February 2022 .
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