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]
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.[2]
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]