Person:William Beresford (4)

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William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
b.2 Oct 1768
d.8 Jan 1856
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  1. Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet1766 - 1844
  2. William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford1768 - 1856
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Name William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Oct 1768
Marriage to Hon. Louisa Beresford
Death[1] 8 Jan 1856
Reference Number? Q332633?


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William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior, (; 2 October 1768 – 8 January 1854) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician. 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. He led the 1806 failed British invasion of Buenos Aires.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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