On 16 June 1763, Beresford married Elizabeth FitzGibbon (1732–1807), daughter of John FitzGibbon and wife Isabella Grove. Elizabeth's brother was John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. They had nine children, four sons and five daughters:[3]
Lord Decies died in September 1819, aged 76, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest surviving son John;[1] his eldest son Marcus had died in 1803.[3]
^ abEdmund Lodge, The Peerage of the British Empire, third edition (London, 1834) page 135
^"DEATH OF LORD DECIES". The Newcastle Weekly Courant. 8 July 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^Casey, Martin. "BERESFORD, Marcus (1800-1876), of 16 Cavendish Square, Mdx". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
Bibliography
Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (eds.). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 ed.). New York: St Martin's Press.
william, beresford, baron, decies, april, 1743, september, 1819, anglo, irish, clergyman, most, reverend, right, honourablethe, lord, deciespc, archbishop, tuamchurchchurch, irelandarchdiocesetuamin, office1794, 1819predecessorjoseph, bourkesuccessorpower, poe. William Beresford 1st Baron Decies 16 April 1743 6 September 1819 was an Anglo Irish clergyman The Most Reverend and Right HonourableThe Lord DeciesPC Ire D D Archbishop of TuamChurchChurch of IrelandArchdioceseTuamIn office1794 1819PredecessorJoseph BourkeSuccessorPower Le Poer TrenchOrdersConsecration8 April 1780by Richard RobinsonPersonal detailsBorn 1743 04 16 16 April 1743Died6 September 1819 1819 09 06 aged 76 Tuam County Galway IrelandDenominationAnglicanSpouseElizabeth FitzgibbonPrevious post s Bishop of Dromore 1780 1782 Bishop of Ossory 1782 1794 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 3 1 Descendants 4 References 5 BibliographyEarly life EditDecies was the third son out of seven sons and eight daughters of Marcus Beresford 1st Earl of Tyrone himself the only son of Sir Tristram Beresford 3rd Baronet and Catherine Poer 1st Baroness de la Poer the only daughter and heiress of James Power 3rd Earl of Tyrone and 3rd Viscount Decies Among his siblings were George Beresford 1st Marquess of Waterford John Beresford MP for Waterford Catherine Beresford wife of Thomas Christmas MP and Theophilus Jones MP Frances Beresford wife of Henry Flood and Eliza Beresford wife of Col Thomas Cobbe MP son of Charles Cobbe Archbishop of Dublin 1 He was educated at Trinity College Dublin 2 Career EditHe served as Bishop of Dromore from 1780 to 1782 Bishop of Ossory from 1782 to 1794 and as Archbishop of Tuam from 1794 until his death in 1819 He was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1794 and in 1812 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Decies of Decies in the County of Waterford Personal life EditOn 16 June 1763 Beresford married Elizabeth FitzGibbon 1732 1807 daughter of John FitzGibbon and wife Isabella Grove Elizabeth s brother was John FitzGibbon 1st Earl of Clare the Lord Chancellor of Ireland They had nine children four sons and five daughters 3 Brig Gen Marcus Beresford 1764 1803 who died unmarried 1 Rev John Beresford 2nd Baron Decies 1773 1855 who married Charlotte Philadelphia Horsley only daughter and heiress of Robert Horsley 4 Hon Rev George Beresford 1776 1842 who married Susannah Gorges in 1798 1 Hon Rev William Beresford 1780 1830 who married Lady Anna Bennet daughter of the 4th Earl of Tankerville in 1804 1 Hon Catherine Eleanor Beresford d 1837 who married Rev William Armstrong in 1789 1 Hon Araminta Anne Beresford d 1816 who married the Very Rev Arthur John Preston in 1794 1 Hon Harriet Beresford d 1834 who married Thomas Henry Bermingham Daly Sewell in 1796 1 Hon Frances Beresford d 1864 who married Col Thomas Burrowes in 1797 1 Hon Louisa de la Poer Beresford d 1851 who married Thomas Hope in 1806 After his death in 1831 she married her first cousin William Beresford 1st Viscount Beresford in 1832 1 Lord Decies died in September 1819 aged 76 and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest surviving son John 1 his eldest son Marcus had died in 1803 3 Descendants Edit Through his third son he was a grandfather of British Army officer Marcus Beresford 1800 1876 who was also an MP for Northallerton and Berwick upon Tweed 5 Through his youngest daughter Louisa he was a grandfather of British MP and patron of the arts Henry Thomas Hope 1808 1862 whose daughter Henrietta married Henry Pelham Clinton 6th Duke of Newcastle and British MP Alexander Beresford Hope 1820 1887 who married Lady Mildred Gascoyne Cecil a daughter of James Gascoyne Cecil 2nd Marquess of Salisbury 1 References Edit a b c d e f g h i j k Mosley Charles editor Burke s Peerage Baronetage amp Knightage 107th edition 3 volumes Wilmington Delaware U S A Burke s Peerage Genealogical Books Ltd 2003 volume 1 page 1061 Alumni Dublinenses a register of the students graduates professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin 1593 1860 George Dames Burtchaell Thomas Ulick Sadleir p60 Dublin Alex Thom and Co 1935 a b Edmund Lodge The Peerage of the British Empire third edition London 1834 page 135 DEATH OF LORD DECIES The Newcastle Weekly Courant 8 July 1893 p 3 Retrieved 31 January 2022 Casey Martin BERESFORD Marcus 1800 1876 of 16 Cavendish Square Mdx www historyofparliamentonline org History of Parliament Online Retrieved 1 February 2022 Bibliography EditKidd Charles Williamson David eds Debrett s Peerage and Baronetage 1990 ed New York St Martin s Press Leigh Rayment s Peerage Pages self published source better source needed William Beresford 1st Baron Decies Thepeerage com Venn J A ed 1940 Alumni Cantabrigienses London Cambridge University Press Church of Ireland titlesPreceded byJames Hawkins Bishop of Dromore1780 1782 Succeeded byThomas PercyPreceded byJohn Hotham Bishop of Ossory1782 1794 Succeeded byThomas O BeirnePreceded byJoseph Bourke Archbishop of Tuam1794 1819 Succeeded byPower Le Poer TrenchPeerage of IrelandPreceded byNew creation Baron Decies1812 1819 Succeeded byJohn Horsley Beresford Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Beresford 1st Baron Decies amp oldid 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