George de la Poer Beresford (1765 - 1841)

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Bushe) Beresford — married 1794 (to 1841) in Ireland

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1841 at age 76 in Kilmore, County Cavan, Ireland

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Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

A member of the Beresford family headed by the Marquess of Waterford, George was the son of the Hon. John Beresford, younger son of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone.

He was Dean of Kilmore from 1797 to 1801, Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh between 1801 and 1802 and Bishop of Kilmore between 1802 and 1839. The latter year the Kilmore and Ardagh sees were united, and Beresford served as Bishop for the new see until his death two years later.

George married Frances, daughter of Gervase Parker Bushe, daughter of Gervase Parker Bushe and Mary Grattan (sister of Henry Grattan), in 1794.

He died in October 1841, aged 76. His wife survived him by two years and died in May 1843.

Death Notice - Tipperary Free Press October 20, 1841

Died, at the Palace, Kilmore, Cavan, on the 16th instant, the Right Rev. George De La Poer Beresford, D.D, Lord of Kimore and Ardagh in the fortieth year of his episcopacy.

Sources

• Burke's PEERAGE (1913), p. 1961