Sir George de la Poer Beresford, 2nd Baronet explained

Sir George Beresford
Office:Member of Parliament
for
Term Start:8 July 1841
Term End:10 June 1842
Predecessor:John O'Connell
Successor:Daniel Farrell
Birth Date:1 March 1811
Nationality:Irish
Party:Conservative

Sir George de la Poer Beresford, 2nd Baronet (1 March 1811 – 11 February 1873)[1] [2] was an Irish Conservative politician, peer, and army officer.[3] [4] [5] Son of Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet and Mary née Molly. In 1846 he married Elizabeth Lucas, daughter of Davis Lucas. He had at least four children, including: Mary Beresford (died 1847); Marcia Mary Ann Harriet Wilhelmina de la Poer Beresford (died 1908); John Edward Francis de la Poer Beresford (1851–1854); and William Carr de la Poer Beresford (1858–188).

He was elected Conservative MP for at the 1841 general election but was unseated just under a year later. At the ensuing by-election, he stood again but was unsuccessful.[3] [4] [6]

He succeeded to the Baronetcy of Bagnall in 1844 upon the death of his father. Upon his own death in 1873, the title was inherited by Henry Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse.[2]

He was also a member of the Travellers Club and White's.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "A" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 18 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180915153806/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Acommons3.htm. 15 September 2018 . usurped . 31 August 2018 .
  2. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The Baronetage of England, Ireland, Nova Scotia, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Baronets beginning with "B" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 20 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190819191911/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB3.htm. 19 August 2019 . usurped . 14 November 2017 .
  3. Book: Smith. Henry Stooks. The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections. 1842. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 215. Second. 15 September 2018 . .
  4. Web site: George Beresford . Members of Parliament after 1832 . 19 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Lundy . Darryl . Major Sir George de la Poer Beresford, 2nd Bt. . The Peerage . 19 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190819194539/http://www.thepeerage.com/p13930.htm . 19 August 2019 . 2 February 2011 . live.
  6. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.