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 BERESFORD. BERESFORD, OF ALBUERA AND DUXGARYAX, AND OF BERESFORD. Barony J. William Cm; it Beresfobd, illogit son( !L ) of George I 1814 c ^ e ' a ^ oeI il 5l;,; '' :sl '""")i lst - Makqukss or Wateiiford [I], 6. 2 Oct, Viscountcv Rt ' 11 " 1 ' 1 at Strnsburg ; Fnsign, tith Foot, 1785 ; Capt, 69th Foot, 1 7si 1 ; « Major, 179 1 ; in which capacities he nan at tlie taking of Toulon, I. 1S23, 1792 and cif Bastia, 1795 ; served as Lieut-Col. under Baird in tu ^fc'yi 1 *-) i° i'TttU ; and at the re-comptcst of the Cape of Good Hope; lg54 Col in t!ie Army ISOO ; in 1800 was taken prisoner when in com- maud at Buenos Ayres, but escaped in 1807 ; was in command at the taking of .Madeira in 1&07 ; Cot of tWSSth Foot, 1S07 ; Gov. of Madeira, 1S07 to 1S0S; Major Con. in 1S0S when he served under Moore in Spain and was at the battle of Coruniin, lb Jan. 1 SOI.'. He was also under Wellington as " Marshal commanding" in Portugal in 1 ?08 and greatlv distinguished himself by his services in organising the Por- tugese forces ; was in command at t lie battle of Sierra Busaco, 27 Aug. 1810, for which on 7 Nov. following he was made KB. ( in 1815, G.C.B.) and subsequently, lb May 1SU, ('')was at the bloody victory of Albueia (against Marshal Soup), for w hich he received the thanks of l'arl. on 0 June, lie was also present at Uadajos, Salamanca (where he was severely wounded) Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivclle, Nive and Orthez. In the Kingdom of Portugal lie was " Marshal (icniral " (Field Marshal), and was cr. 19 Oct, 1S11 Col'XT of Trancoso, and, on 19 Oct. 1811, made Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword. In Spain he was cr. Duke OS Flvas ami Mak<JU18 of Camfo MaVoii, being " Vajitniu General" of that Kingdom, and on 21 July 1 SI 5, was made Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand, and on 17 May lb!7, Grand Cross of St. Hermengilile. in Sicily he wasa Knight of St. Ferdinand and Merit. Finally, in his own country, after being KJP. for co. Waterford, 1S11 to 1814, and Governor of Cork, 1811, he was on the 17 May 1S14, cr. BARON BERESFOBD OF ALBUERA AND DUXGAUVAN,(«) co. Waterford. G.C.H., 1818. Col. 00th Foot, 1819; Governor of Jersey, 1820: P.C., 1821; On 28 March 1823 he was cr. VISCOUNT BERESFORD OK BERESFORD co. Stafford. Lieut-Gen. of the Ordnance, 1823, and Col. of the ltith Foot, 1S23 ; General in the Army, 1825; Master Gcu. of the Ordnance, 1828 to 1830; Col. in Chief, OOth Foot, 1852. Gov. of the Military Academy of Woolwich, &c. &c. He m. (by spec, lie.) tit her Father's house in Curzon street, Mayfair, Midx. 29 Nov. 1832, Louisa, widow of Thomas Hoi'K('') of Deepdene, Surrey, da. of William (Bkresfoi:d), 1st Loitu Decies [I], Archbishop of Tuam, by Elizabeth, sister of John, 1st Kaul of Clakf. [I] da. of John Firz-GinnoN, of Mount Shannon, co. Limerick. She d. 21 July 1851. Her will pr. Sep. 1851. He d. s.p. 8 Jan. 1854 aged 86 at Bedgebury Park, Kent, when all his titles became extinct. He was bur. at the new church of Kilndowu (in the parish of Goudhurst) which was erected in 1810 principally at his own cost. Will dat. 21 Jan. lffSl,(*) pr. Feb. 3854. ( il ) Another such sou was Admiral Sir John Poo Beresford, Bart, K.C.B., who d. 2 Oct. 1844. ( b ) Notwithstanding that he " had many reasons to be proud of the day " having " personally distinguished himself " and having prevented Marshal Soult from making the advance on Lisbon which Napoleon had directed, it has been said that ill the battle of Albuera " the tactics of the General were almost beneath contempt. Some such view thereof was entertained by Col. Napier in his account (1833) of tins battle and the matter was controverted "in a very bitter tone on both sides " between him and Lord Beresford. — See Stephen's " Nat. Biography," 1883. ( c ) When the Peninsular War was over and Wellington was cr. a Duke, his live must conspicuous Lieutenants, Cotton, Hill, Graham, Hope and Beresford W«M «j. Barons (Combermere, Hill, Lyuedoch, Niddry and Beresford) and the sum of £2000 a year for themselves and their two immediate successors in the respective Baronies was granted by Pari, in the same year. C) Author of the well known work " Anastasiue." ( u ) By it he devised his English Estate*, viz. Bedgebury Park, Kent, and Beresford Hall co. Stafford (which, as having been the cradle of the house of Beresford, he bad
 * " ' 1708, ed. at Catterick bridge and York, and (1785) at the military