Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet
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Sir John Poo Beresford, 1st Baronet, GCH (1766 – 2 October 1844) was an Admiral in the Royal Navy who rose to the rank of Second Sea Lord. He was a Tory (subsequently Conservative) politician in the United Kingdom.
He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Coleraine (1809–1812 and 1814–1823), Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency) 1823–1826, Northallerton (UK Parliament constituency) (1826–1832), and Chatham (UK Parliament constituency) 1832–1844
Beresford was the illegitimate son of George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, and the brother of William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford. He was knighted in 1812,[1] and made a Baronet in 1814, of Bagnall in the County of Staffordshire, and on his death was succeeded to the title by his son from his first marriage to Mary Molloy.
[edit] References
- ^ Beresford, Sir John Poo. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Baronetage page.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs.
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