He was born in Upham in Hampshire and educated at Charterhouse School and became a fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
He made translations and wrote religious books, but was chiefly known as the author of a satirical work, The Miseries of Human Life, considered to be a "minor classic in the genre".
[1] Beresford also wrote under the pseudonyms An Aspirant, Ignato Secudno, Samuel Sensitive and Timothy Testy.
This list of works is taken from Beresford's obituary, published in the May 1841 edition of The Gentleman's Magazine.
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