Baron Beresford

In 1715, he entered the Irish House of Commons, sitting for Coleraine until 1720,[1] when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland with the title Baron Beresford, of Beresford, in the County of Cavan, and further as Viscount Tyrone by King George I of Great Britain.

[8] William Beresford entered the British Army in 1785 and the next year he was blinded in one eye in an accident.

For his services in Portugal he was created Count of Trancoso on 13 May 1811 and also Marquis of Campo Maior on 17 December 1812, both by decree of Prince Regent John.

[10] After his permanent return to Britain, he held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in Wellington's first ministry.

In 1832 he married his first cousin Louisa, daughter of William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies and Elizabeth Fitzgibbon.

Beresford retired from the navy in 1911 with the rank of admiral and remained a Member of the House of Commons until 1916.