Marcus Beresford, 7th Baron Decies
Diana Turner-Cain Galsworthy
Marcus Hugh Tristram de la Poer Beresford, 7th Baron Decies (born 5 August 1948), is an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer.[1]
Early life
Beresford is the only son of Arthur Beresford, 6th Baron Decies and Diana (née Turner-Cain) Galsworthy.[2] His mother, a widow of Maj. David W. A. Galsworthy, was a daughter of W/Cdr George Turner-Cain.[3] He has two sisters, Sarah Ann Vivien de la Poer Beresford and model Clare Antoinette Gabrielle de la Poer Beresford.[4][3]
His paternal grandfather was John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies,[5] an Irish representative peer who married two American heiresses, his grandmother Helen Gould (daughter of American railroad executive George Jay Gould I),[6][7][8] and after her death, Elizabeth Wharton Drexel (a daughter of Joseph William Drexel, who had previously been married to Harry Lehr).[9] When asked how to pronounce his name, his grandfather Lord Decies told The Literary Digest: "With ci as in conscience it is dee-shees, and Beresford is berysford."[10]
Education and career
He was educated initially at Aiglon College, Chesières-Villars, Switzerland, and from 1962 to 1967 at St Columba's College, Dublin. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin, with a Master of Letters (M.Litt.). Beresford practiced as a solicitor and rose to be Chairman of A&L Goodbody, the leading Irish corporate law firm.[a][citation needed] He was a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
He succeeded to the title of 7th Baron Decies, of Decies, County Waterford in 1992.[3]
Other activities
Lord Decies was a trustee of the Alfred Beit Foundation from 1999 to 2014 and chairman from 2008 to 2014. He is also a trustee of the Apollo Foundation.[11][failed verification] He has also been involved in the world of education being a member of the boards of Alexandra College in Dublin, Hewetson's School in Millicent, Ireland (of which he was chairman from 1992 to 1995),[12][failed verification] and St Columba's College, Dublin, Ireland.[citation needed]
Family
He married, firstly, Sarah Jane Gunnell, daughter of Colonel Basil Gunnell on 11 April 1970.[citation needed] They divorced in 1974. He remarried in 1981 to Edel Jeannette Hendron. Since 1989 the couple have resided in Straffan, County Kildare,[b] and have three children:[3]
- Hon. Louisa Katherine de la Poer Beresford (b. 1984)[3]
- Hon. Robert Marcus Duncan de la Poer Beresford (b. 1988)[3]
- Hon. David George Morley Hugh de la Poer Beresford (b. 1991)[3]
Interests
The couple are equine enthusiasts,[citation needed] and trained racehorses locally with Arthur Moore for many years.[c] His wife is a keen sportswoman who fly-fishes for Ireland and is involved with charitable causes, including the Irish Haemophilia Society.[citation needed]
He has an interest in history stimulated by his ancestors, William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies (1743–1819), who was the Archbishop of Tuam, and General William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior, GCB, GCH, PC (1768–1854), who was a general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army; he fought alongside The Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in Wellington's first ministry. In 2019 the Irish Academic Press published his biography of the general.[13]
Beresford is a member of both the Irish and British Commissions for Military History.[14][15][failed verification] He is chairman of the trustees of the British Cemetery, Elvas,[citation needed] a member of the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras and the Waterford Historical Society.[16][failed verification]
Arms
|
Bibliography
Journals
- "Ireland in French strategy 1691-1789", Post Graduate thesis (M.Litt.)
- "François Thurot and the French attack at Carrickfergus, 1759-60", The Irish Sword, X (41), 255-74.
- "Ireland in French Strategy during the American War of Independence, 1776-83", The Irish Sword, XII (49), 285-97 and XIII (50), 20-29.
- "William Carr Beresford and the capture of the Cape Colony and the expedition to the River Plate 1805-1806", The Irish Sword XXIX (P. 240 – 262)
- "Francois Thurot, the Irish connection", Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, LXXVIII (1973), 143-50.
- "The Peninsular romance of Lieutenant Waldron Kelly and Ana Ludovina de Aguilar", The Irish Sword, XXXII (129) 2020, 299–316.
Books
- Marcus de la Poer Beresford and Katarzyna Krenz. "From Napoleon to the Nazis: The Mysterious Story of Marshal Beresford’s Silver / Od Napoleona do nazistów: Tajemnicza historia sreber marszałka Beresforda". ISBN 978-1-7391497-1-0 2023
- "Marshal William Carr Beresford: ‘The ablest man I have yet seen with the army’ (ISBN 978-1-78855-032-1) 2019
Notes
- ^ He won the Law Society's Patrick O'Connor Memorial Prize
- ^ Straffan Lodge, originally dating from the 1700s, was where the Irish artist Francis Bacon lived from 1909 to 1926; a previous owner, Robert Guinness of the Guinness banking family, bought the property in 1968 and lived there for 20 years.
- ^ including Marcus du Berlais, which placed second and third in the 2004 and 2005 Grand Nationals, and the mare Fag an Bealach.
References
- ^ Armourial coat-of-arms
- ^ "DECIES". The Daily Telegraph. 11 November 1992. p. 24. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1063.
- ^ "Miss Beresford to Wed". The New York Times. 23 February 1986. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "LORD DECIES DIES IN ENGLAND AT 77; Soldier, Sportsman, Friend of Taxpayer--Married Gould Heiress Here in 1911". The New York Times. 2 February 1944. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "LADY DECIES DIES AT 38 IN LONDON; Former Helen Vivien Gould Was Principal in Brilliant International Wedding of 1911.WAS NOTED AS HOSTESS Her Entertaining Was a Feature of British Capital--Husband Is Distinguished Irish Peer. LADY DECIES DIES AT 38 IN LONDON". The New York Times. 3 February 1931. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "LORD DECIES DUE HERE.; Widower of Former Vivien Gould Arrives Today on Mauretania". The New York Times. 3 March 1931. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ Photo, Times Wide World (4 February 1931). "FUNERAL TOMORROW FOR LADY DECIES; Body of Former Helen Vivien Gould, Who Died Yesterday in London, to Be Cremated". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ TIMES, Wireless to THE NEW YORK (12 May 1936). "DECIES TO MARRY MRS. HARRY LEHR; Widow of New York Leader of Society to Become Bride of Irish Peer on May 23. ANNOUNCEMENT IN PARIS Bride-Elect Member of Drexel Family -- Wrote Book, 'King Lehr and Gilded Age.'". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.
- ^ "Index of /". apollofoundation.org. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "Home". www.hewetson.ie. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ Marshal William Carr Beresford
- ^ "The Military History Society of Ireland". www.mhsi.ie. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "British Commission for Military History". Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "The Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society, Ireland". www.waterford-history.org. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
Peerage of Ireland | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by | Baron Decies 1992–present | Incumbent Heir-apparent: Hon. Robert Beresford |
- v
- t
- e
- Nevinson de Courcy, 31st Baron Kingsale
- Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany
- Richard Butler, 20th Baron Dunboyne
- Jonathan Plunkett, 17th Baron Louth
- Conor O'Brien, 19th Baron Inchiquin
- Henry Digby, 13th Baron Digby^*
- Michael Evans-Freke, 12th Baron Carbery
- Anthony Aylmer, 14th Baron Aylmer
- Simon Maxwell, 13th Baron Farnham
- Nicholas Lysaght, 9th Baron Lisle
- Robert Wynn, 8th Baron Newborough
- Godfrey Macdonald, 8th Baron Macdonald
- Hugh Edwardes, 8th Baron Kensington^•
- David Massy, 10th Baron Massy
- Richard Stanley, 9th Baron Sheffield^•
- John Browne, 8th Baron Kilmaine
- Robert Eden, 10th Baron Auckland^*
- Roderick Cavendish, 8th Baron Waterpark
- Timothy Graves, 10th Baron Graves
- Joshua Vanneck, 7th Baron Huntingfield
- Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington^*
- William Westenra, 7th Baron Rossmore^•
- Henry Hotham, 8th Baron Hotham
- Edward Crofton, 8th Baron Crofton
- Robuck ffrench, 8th Baron ffrench
- Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley^•
- Owain Rowley-Conwy, 10th Baron Langford
- John Blackwood, 11th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye
- Mark Henniker-Major, 9th Baron Henniker^•
- Andrew de Moleyns, 8th Baron Ventry
- Henry Prittie, 7th Baron Dunalley
- Simon Bingham, 8th Baron Clanmorris
- Roderick Trench, 8th Baron Ashtown
- Charles Thellusson, 9th Baron Rendlesham
- Roland Handcock, 8th Baron Castlemaine
- Marcus Beresford, 7th Baron Decies
- Spencer Canning, 6th Baron Garvagh
- Richard Arundell, 11th Baron Talbot of Malahide
- Patrick Conolly-Carew, 7th Baron Carew^•
- Dominick Browne, 5th Baron Oranmore and Browne^•
- Bryan Bellew, 8th Baron Bellew
- Maurice Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy
- Thomas McClintock-Bunbury, 5th Baron Rathdonnell
^* Also a Baron in the Peerage of Great Britain ^• Also a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom