George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford

George Pippy Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, KP, PC (Ire) (8 January 1735 – 3 December 1800) was an Irish politician, known as George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone from 1763 to 1789.

Beresford was the eldest son of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone and his wife, Katherine, Baroness de la Poer. He was educated at Kilkenny College.^[1] From 1757 to 1760, he was a Member of the Irish House of Commons for Waterford County from 1757 to 1760, and for Coleraine from 1761 until 1763, when he inherited his father's earldom, entered the Irish House of Lords and was admitted to the Privy Council of Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

He was Governor of Waterford from 1766 and custos rotulorum of that county from 1769 to 1800, during which time he was made a Knight of St Patrick, created Baron Tyrone in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1786, and elevated as a marquess in 1789.^{[citation needed]}

Family

On 19 April 1769, he married Elizabeth Monck (who was the cousin of Charles Monck, 1st Viscount Monck and a maternal granddaughter of Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland) and they had eight children:

Marcus, Lord Le Poer (March 1771 – 8 August 1783)
Henry de la Poer, Earl of Tyrone, later 2nd Marquess of Waterford (1772–1826), politician
Most Rev. Lord John George (1773–1862), Archbishop of Armagh
Lord George Thomas (1781–1839), politician
Lady Isabella Anne (28 May 1776 – 7 May 1850), married Sir John Brydges
Lady Catharine (11 September 1777 – 23 June 1843)
Lady Anne (26 July 1779 – 27 November 1842)
Lady Elizabeth Louisa (2 February 1783 – 6 January 1856), married (1) Sir Denis Pack (2) Sir Thomas Reynell, 6th Baronet

He also had two illegitimate sons, William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, and Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet.

Lord Waterford died in 1800 and his titles passed to his eldest surviving legitimate son, Henry.

References

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

"thePeerage.com". Retrieved 17 December 2008.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Beverley Ussher Aland Mason	Member of Parliament for Waterford County 1757–1760 With: Aland Mason 1757–1759 James May 1759–1760	Succeeded by James May Hon. John Beresford
Preceded by Richard Jackson Hamilton Gorges	Member of Parliament for Coleraine 1761–1763 With: Richard Jackson	Succeeded by Richard Jackson George Paul Monck
Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Marquess of Waterford 1789–1800	Succeeded by Henry Beresford
Preceded by Marcus Beresford	Earl of Tyrone 1763–1800
Preceded by Katherine Beresford	Baron La Poer 1769–1800
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Baron Tyrone 1786–1800	Succeeded by Henry Beresford

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[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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