William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford

Politician

1768 – 1854

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Who was William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford?

General The Rt. Hon. William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior, GCB, GCH, GCTE, PC /ˈwɪlɪəm kɑː ˈberɪsfəd/, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician. A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside Field Marshal The 1st Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in Wellington's first ministry.

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Born
Oct 2, 1768
England
Also known as
  • Бересфорд, Уильям Карр
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • Portugal
Died
Jan 8, 1854
Kilndown

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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