Marquess of Waterford

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The Marquess of Waterford is the senior marquess in the Peerage of Ireland. The title was created in 1789 for the Earl of Tyrone.

Arms of the Marquess of Waterford.
Arms of the Marquess of Waterford.

The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Tyrone (1746), Viscount Tyrone (1720), Baron Tyrone (1786), Baron La Poer (1375), and Baron Beresford (1720). All but the Barony of Tyrone are in the Peerage of Ireland. The Marquess is also an Irish baronet. Prior to 1999, the Marquess sat in the House of Lords as Baron Tyrone in the Peerage of Great Britain. The ancestral seat of the Marquesses of Waterford is the Curraghmore Estate, near Portlaw, Co Waterford, in the Republic of Ireland.

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[edit] Beresford Baronets of Colerain (5 May 1665)

  • Sir Tristam Beresford, 1st Baronet
  • Sir Randal Beresford, 2nd Baronet
  • Sir Tristam Beresford, 3rd Baronet
  • Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Baronet (1694-1763), created Viscount Tyrone in 1720.

[edit] Viscount Tyrone (1720)

  • Marcus Beresford, 1st Viscount Tyrone (1694-1763), created Earl of Tyrone in 1746.

[edit] Earls of Tyrone (1746)

[edit] Marquesses of Waterford (1789)

The Heir Apparent is Henry Nicholas de la Poer Beresford, Earl of Tyrone (b. 1958)

His Heir Apparent is Richard John la Poer Beresford, Lord Le Poer (b. 1987)

[edit] See also