'Beresford1'
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Families covered: Beresford of Beresford, Beresford of Coleraine, Beresford Lord Decies, Beresford of Newton Grange

John Beresford of Beresford and Enson (d 1475)
m. Elizabeth Basset (dau of William Basset of Blore)
1. John Beresford of Beresford had issue
2. Thomas Beresford of Newton Grange (d 21.03.1473)
  m. Agnes Hassell (d 16.03.1467, dau of Robert Hassell of Arcluyd)
  A. Aden Beresford of Bentley had issue
  m. Elizabeth Eyre (dau of Roger Eyre of Keyton)
B. Thomas Beresford of Newton (dsp before 1512)
  m. Margaret Wolgattethorpe (dau of Roger Wolgattethorp)
  C. Hugh Beresford of Newton (5th son) had issue
  m. Agnes Longsdore (dau of John Longsdore of Derbyshire)
  D. Robert Beresford of Hillesdale had issue
  m. Joan Cantrell (dau of Thomas Cantrell)
  E. Humphrey Beresford of Newton Grange
  m. Margery Berdesley (dau of Edmond Berdesley of Beresley)
i. John Beresford
  m. (1505) Elizabeth FitzHerbert (dau of Robert FitzHerbert of Tissington)
  a. daughter
  ii. George Beresford of Newton Grange
  m. Eleanor Greene (dau of Thomas Greene)
  a. Michael Beresford of Otford and The Squirees (a 1574)
  m. Rose Knevitt (dau of John Knevitt)
(1) Tristram Beresford of Coleraine (b 1574, to Ireland, 3rd son)
  (A) Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Bart of Coleraine (d 15.01.1673)
  m1. Anne Rowley (dau of John Rowley of Castleroe)
  (i) Sir Randal Beresford, 2nd Bart of Coleraine (bur 19.10.1681)
  m. (20.02.1662-3) Catherine Annesley (d 03.04.1701, dau of Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia)
  (a) Sir Tristram Beresford, 3rd Bart of Coleraine (d 16.06.1701)
  m. (1687) Nichola Sophia Hamilton (b c1667, d 23.02.1713, dau of Hugh Hamilton, baron of Glenawly)
((1)) Sir Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone (b 16.07.1694, d 04.04.1763)
  m. (16.07.1717) Catharine Power, Baroness la Poer (d 07.1769, dau of James Power, 3rd Earl of Tyrone)
  ((A)) George De La Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford (b 08.01.1735, d 03.12.1800)
  m. (18.04.1769) Elizabeth Monck (dau of Henry Monck of Charleville)
  ((i)) Henry De La Poer Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford (b 23.05.1772, d 16.07.1826) had issue
  m. (29.08.1805) Susanna Hussey Carpenter (d 07.06.1827, dau of George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnel)
  ((ii)) John George Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of Ireland (b 22.11.1773, dsp 19.07.1862)
  ((iii)) George Thomas Beresford (b 12.02.1781, d 26.10.1839, Lt. General) had issue
  m. (22.11.1808) Harriet Schutz (d 28.04.1860, dau of John Bacon Schutz of Gillingham Hall)
  ((iv)) Isabella Anne Beresford (d 07.05.1850)
  m. (01.04.1812) Sir John William Head Brydges (d 06.09.1839)
((v)) Elizabeth Louisa Beresford (d 06.01.1856)
  m1. (10.07.1816) Sir Denis Pack (d 24.07.1823, Major General)
  m2. (12.02.1831) Sir Thomas Reynell (d 10.20.1848, Lt. General)
  ((vi))+ other issue - Catherine (d 06.1843), Anne (d 1841)
  partner unknown
  ((viii)) William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford of Beresford, Duke of Calvas (b 02.10.1768, dspl 08.01.1854)
  m. (29.11.1832) Louisa Beresford (d 21.07.1851, dau of William Beresford, Archbishop of Tuam, 1st Lord Decie) below
  ((ix)) Sir John Poo Beresford, 1st Bart (d 02.10.1844, Vice Admiral) had issue
  m1. (1810) Mary Molloy (d 07.1813, dau of Capt. Anthony James Pye Molloy)
m2. (17.08.1815) Harriet Elizabeth Peirse (d 1825, dau of Henry Peirse of Bedale)
  m3. (26.05.1836, sp) Amelia Baillie (d 17.12.1862, dau of James Baillie)
  ((B)) John Beresford (b 14.03.1737-8, d 05.11.1805)
  m1. (12.11.1760) Anne Constantia (d 26.10.1770, dau of Gen. Count de Ligondes)
  ((i)) Marcus Beresford (b 14.02.1764, d 16.11.1797)
  m. (25.02.1790/1) Frances Arabella Leeson (d 05.1840, dau of Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown)
  ((a)) John Theophilus Beresford (b 1792, d 19.01.1812)
  ((b)) William Beresford (b 17.04.1797, d 06.10.1883, Secretary at War) had issue
  m. (19.12.1833) Catherine Heneage (b 1807, d 16.06.1895, dau of George Robert Heneage of Hainton Hall)
  ((c)) Elizabeth Beresford (d 07.12.1856)
  m. (26.06.1827) Felix Ladbrooke of Headley
  ((ii)) George De La Poer Beresford (b 19.07.1765, d 16.10.1841, Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh)
  m. (1794) Frances Bushe (d 05.1843, dau of Gervais Parker Bushe of Kilfane)
  ((a)) John Beresford on St. Vincent Island (b 04.1796, d 16.09.1856) had issue
  m. (06.05.1822) Harriet Eliza Wylly (d 11.10.1857, dau of William Wylly of St. Vincent)
((b)) Marcus Gervais Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of Ireland (b 14.02.1801, d 26.12.1885) had issue
  m1. (25.10.1824) Mary L'Estrange (d 31.121845, dau of Col. Henry Peisley L'Estrange of Moystown)
  m2. (06.06.1850, sp) Elizabeth Kennedy (d 01.07.1870, dau of James Trail Kennedy of Annadale)
  ((c)) George de la Poer Beresford (d unm 06.06.1826)
  ((d)) Charlotte Mary Beresford (d 1851)
  m1. (02.05.1812) Frederick Lumley-Savile of Tickhill Castle (d 27.02.1837)
  m2. (20.07.1839) Robert Henry Southwell of Castle Hamilton (dsp)
  ((e)) Frances Beresford (d 17.11.1833)
  m. (19.06.1824) Hon. Rev. Francis Howard (d 16.02.1857)
  ((iii)) John Claudius Beresford, Lord Mayor of Dublin (b 23.10.1766, d 03.07.1846)
  m. (03.03.1795) Elizabeth McKenzie Menzies (dau of Archibald Menzies of Culdares)
  ((a)) John Claudius Beresford of Craig Dhu Varren (b 06.12.1799, dsp 23.11.1866)
  m. (07.04.1836) Catherine Cuddy (dau of William Cuddy)
((b)) Constantia Anne Beresford
  m. (21.04.1819) Thomas Walker of Ravenfield (d 10.07.1848)
  ((c)) Katherine Charlotte Beresford
  m. Rev. William Smyly
  ((d)) Emily Charlotte Beresford
  m. Henry Moore Cairnes of Dublin
  ((e)) Georgina Frances Beresford (b c1812, d unm 11.02.1885)
  ((iv)) Charles Cobbe Beresford (b 02.10.1770, Rev.)
  m. (22.11.1795) Amelia Montgomery (d 14.03.1839, dau of Sir William Montgomery, Bart)
((a)) John Isaac Beresford (b 13.10.1796, d 09.02.1847, Rev.) had issue
  m. (13.06.1824) Sophia White (d 27.11.1858, dau of Robert White of Aghavoe)
((b))+ other issue - George John (b 21.07.1807, d 11.20.1864, had issue), Charles Claudius (b 14.121810, d 29.08.1848, had issue), Henry Robert (b 16.03.1813, dsp), Harriet Louisa (m., d 24.09.1871), Selina Griselda (m., d 04.09.1884), Anne Constantia (m., d 08.08.1836), Emily Catherine (m., d 19.11.1869), Charlotte Frances (m., d 27.01.1890)
  ((v)) Catherine Beresford (d 07.01.1836)
  m. (1778) Henry Theophilus Clements (d 26.10.1795, Lt. Col)
  ((vi)) Anne Constantia Beresford (d 08.08.11836)
  m1. (1790) Robet Uniacke of Woodhouse (d 1802)
  m2. (02.07.1805) Robert Doyne of Wells
  ((vii)) Jane Beresford (d 1836)
  m. (1788) Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bart
  m2. (04.06.1777) Barbara Montgomery (d 02.12.1788, dau of Sir William Montgomery, Bart of Magbie Hill)
((viii)) Henry Barre Beresford of Learmount (b 25.09.1784, d 15.12.1837, 6th son) had issue
  m. (29.12.1812) Eliza Baily (d 22.12.1831, dau of John Baily of Hambrook)
  ((ix)) Frances Honoria Beresford
  m. (02.07.1807) James Whyte of Pilton House
  ((x)) Anna Beresford (d 13.11.1862)
  m1. Charles Gardiner
  m2. (09.10.1822) Allen 'Charles Edward Stuart, Count d'Albanie' (d 25.12.1880)
  ((xi)) Clara Beresford (d 04.04.1862)
  m. (1813) James Spencer Knox (d 01.03.1862, Rev.)
((xii))+ other issue - James Hamilton (b 18.02.1782, d 07.12.1806), William Hamilton (b 1788, d 16.09.1865), Hannah, Elizabeth (d 17.01.1860)
  ((C)) William Beresford, Archbishop of Tuam, 1st Lord Decies (b 16.04.1743, d 06.09.1819)
  m. (16.06.1763) Elizabeth Fitzgibbon (dau of John Fitzgibbon, sister of Earl of Clare)
  ((i)) John Beresford, 2nd Lord Decies (b 20.01.1773, d 01.03.1865) had issue
  m. (26.07.1810) Charlotte Philadephia Horsley (d 09.03.1852, dau of Robert Horsley of Bolam)
  ((ii)) George Beresford (b 21.05.1776, d 10.08.842, Rev.) had issue
  m. (21.05.1798) Susan Gorges (dau of Hamilton Gorges of Kilbrew)
  ((iii)) William Beresford (b 20.11.1780, d 27.06.1830, Rev.) had issue
  m. (19.07.1804) Anna Bennet (d 09.1836, dau of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville)
((iv)) Catherine Eleanor Beresford (d 1837)
  m. (1791) Rev. William Armstrong of Mealiffe
  ((v)) Araminta Anne Beresford (d 1816)
  m. (1794) Arthur John Preston, Dean of Limerick
  ((vi)) Harriet Beresford (d 11.06.1834)
  m. (01.1796) Thomas Bermingham Daly Henry Sewell (Colonel)
  ((vii)) Frances Beresford (d 07.10.1864)
  m. (1797) Thomas Burrowes of Dangan Castle (Colonel)
  ((vi)) Louisa Beresford (d 21.07.1851)
  m1. (10.04.1806) Thomas Hope of Deepdene
m2. (29.11.1832) William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford of Beresford, Duke of Calvas (b 02.10.1768, dspl 08.01.1854) above
  ((D)) Anne Beresford (d 12.05.1770)
  m. (16.08.1738) William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawley (b 1709, d 12.09.1770)
  ((E)) Jane Beresford (d 1792)
  m. (10.08.1743) Edward Cary of Dungiven
((F)) Catherine Beresford (d 28.03.1763)
  m1. (08.12.1748) Thomas Christmas of Whitefield (d 28.03.1749)
  m2. (29.03.1754) Theophilus Jones of Headford
  ((G)) Araminta Beresford (d 1818)
  m. (1755) George Paul Monck
  ((H)) Frances Maria Beresford (dsp 1815)
  m. (13.04.1762) Henry Flood of Farmley
  ((I)) Elizabeth Beresford
  m. (1751) Thomas Cobbe of Newbridge
  ((2)) Susanna Catherina Beresford (dsp 30.03.1763)
  m. (1703) Hyacinth Richard Nugent, Lord Riverston (dsp 06.03.1737-8)
  ((3)) Jane Beresford (d 20.10.1764)
  m. (mcrt 30.03.1711) George or Gorges Lowther (d 11.06.1716)
  ((4))+ other issue (d unm) - Arabella Maria (d 1732), Aramintha (d 1729)
  (b) Jane Beresford (dsp 1716)
  m. Frederick Hamilton of Walworth (d 26.03.1732, Lt. General)
  (c) Catherine Beresford
  m. (1697) Matthew Pennefather (brother of Kingsmill of New Park)
  (ii)+ 2 daughters (d unm)
  m2. Sarah Sackville
  (iv) Michael Beresford (3rd son)
  (a) Rev. Sackville Beresford
  (b) Anne Beresford
  m. (17.10.1747) Thomas Taylor, Lord Mayor of Dublin
  (v) Susanna Beresford
  m. William Jackson of Coleraine
  (vi) Sarah Beresford (d 13.04.1683)
  m1. Paul Brazier
  m2. Edward Cary of Dunvigen
  (vii) Anne Beresford
  m. Henry Hart of Kilderry
  (viii)+ other issue - Tristram, Sackville (d unm)
  (2)+ 6 sons and 4 daughters
  F. Edward Beresford of Barnborough
  m. Joan Cotton (dau of Pierce Cotton)
  G. Denys Beresford of Cutthorpe ancestor of Beresford of Rickmansworth
  H. Rauff Beresford (11th son)
  m. Anna Elton (dau of William Elton)
  I.+ other issue - John of Bradley Hall (had issue), Hugh (d young), Rauff (d young), Roger (dsp, Sheriff of London), Godfrey, James (prebendary of Litchfield), 5 daughters
3.+ other issue (dsp) - Henry, William

Main source(s): BP1934 (Waterford) with input from BP1934 (Decies), BP1870 (Beresford)
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