Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford

Henry de La Poer Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford KP, PC (Ire) (23 May 1772 – 16 July 1826) styled Lord Le Poer from 1783 until 1789 and Earl of Tyrone from 1789 to 1800, was an Irish peer.

Beresford entered the Irish House of Commons for Londonderry County in 1790 and sat for the constituency until the Act of Union. In 1798, he also stood for Coleraine but chose not to sit. Beresford became Marquess of Waterford in 1800 after the death of George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 14 March 1806.^[1]

Beresford married Lady Susanna Carpenter, daughter of George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell and Sarah Delaval, on 29 August 1805. They had three children:

• Lady Sarah Elizabeth Beresford (10 Nov 1807 – 13 Oct 1884) married Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury. They had four sons, and four daughters.
• Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford (26 Apr 1811 – 29 Mar 1859)
• John de la Poer Beresford, 4th Marquess of Waterford (27 Apr 1814 – 6 Nov 1866)

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