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Lord George Thomas de la Poer Beresford, (12 February 1781 – 26 October 1839) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the State rel ...

soldier, courtier and politician. He served as

Comptroller of the Household The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the British royal household, nominally the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department after the Treasurer of the Household. The Comptroller was an ''ex officio'' member of ...

from 1812 to 1830.

Background

Beresford was the fourth and thus youngest son of

George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford George de la Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, Order of St Patrick, KP, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (8 January 1735 – 3 December 1800), styled Earl of Tyrone from 1763 to 1789, was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish politi ...

, by his wife Elizabeth Monck, daughter of Henry Monck, Esq. of Charleville, and the former Lady Isabella Bentinck (second daughter of

Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (17 March 1682 – 4 July 1726) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1721 to 1726. Styled Viscount Woodstock from 1689 until 1709 ...

Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford Henry de la Poer Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford, Order of St Patrick, KP, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (23 May 1772 – 16 July 1826) styled Lord Le Poer from 1783 until 1789 and Earl of Tyrone from 1789 to 1800, was an Irish peer. E ...

and

Lord John Beresford Lord John George de la Poer Beresford (22 November 1773 – 18 July 1862) was an Anglican archbishop and Primate. Background Born at Tyrone House, Dublin, he was the second surviving son of George de La Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Water ...

were his elder brothers and Lord Beresford and Sir John Beresford his half-brothers.General Rt. Hon. Lord George Thomas Beresford
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Military career

Beresford was appointed a cornet in the

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in April 1794, a lieutenant in the 111th Regiment of Foot in July 1794 and a captain in the 124th Regiment of Foot on 24 September 1794, from which he exchanged into the 88th Regiment of Foot on 29 July 1796. As a captain he served two years and eight months in the East Indies. He was promoted to the majority of the

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on 3 December 1800 and to the lieutenant-colonelcy of

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on 24 September 1803, from which he was removed to the 71st Regiment of Foot on 16 August 1804 and then to the

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on 30 July 1807. He was granted brevet rank as a colonel on 1 January 1812 and promoted to major-general 4 June 1814.

Political career

Beresford was returned to parliament for Londonderry in 1802. In 1812 he was returned for

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, sworn of the Privy Council and appointed

under

Lord Liverpool Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. Before becoming Prime Minister he had been Foreign Secretary, ...

. In 1814 he was elected to parliament for

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. He did not sit in parliament between 1826 and 1830 but nonetheless continued as Comptroller of the Household. He was once again returned to parliament for County Waterford in March 1830 and remained as Comptroller of the Household until the Whigs came to power under Lord Grey in late 1830. He continued to represent County Waterford in parliament until the 1831 general election.

Family

Beresford married Harriet Schutz, daughter of John Bacon Schutz, Esq. of Gillingham Hall,

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, on 22 November 1808. They had three daughters: *Elizabeth Harriet Georgina (1810–1889), married Admiral

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. *Harriet Susan Isabella (d. 1859), married George Dunbar, MP for

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. *Caroline Susan Catherine (d. 1866), married Hon. Edward Kenyon, of Maesfen,

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. Beresford died in October 1839, aged 58. Lady George Beresford, who was noted as an amateur painter, died in April 1860.

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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Waterford constituencies (1801–1922)