John Beresford, 2nd Baron Decies (20 January 1774 – 1 March 1865), later Horsley-Beresford, was an Anglo-Irish peer and clergyman.

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, niece of

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. His sister Louisa later married their first cousin, Marshal

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. 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

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and Hon. John Beresford. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.

Career

A clergyman in the

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, he served as Rector of

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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 Baron Decies 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 Robert Horsley, of Bolam House, Bolam, Northumberland. 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 succeeded. * Hon. Georgiana Catherine Horsley Beresford (1812–1866) * Hon. Louisa Elizabeth Horsley Beresford (1814–1891), who married Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury, in 1834. * Hon. Caroline Agnes Horsley Beresford, Duchess of Montrose (1818–1894), who married James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose in 1836. 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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References

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Ordained peers