Biography of John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford 1844-1895

On 20th February 1843 [his father] John Beresford 4th Marquess Waterford [aged 28] and [his mother] Christiana Leslie Marchioness of Waterford [aged 23] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry de la Poer Beresford 2nd Marquess Waterford and [his grandmother] Susan Hussey Carpenter Marchioness Waterford.

On 21st May 1844 John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford was born to John Beresford 4th Marquess Waterford [aged 30] and Christiana Leslie Marchioness of Waterford [aged 24].

On 29th March 1859 [his uncle] Henry de la Poer Beresford 3rd Marquess Waterford [aged 47] died in a hunting accident. His brother [his father] John [aged 44] succeeded 4th Marquess Waterford. [his mother] Christiana Leslie Marchioness of Waterford [aged 39] by marriage Marchioness Waterford.

In 1865 John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford [aged 20] was elected MP Waterford which seat he held until 1865 when he succeeded in the Maequessate.

On 6th November 1866 [his father] John Beresford 4th Marquess Waterford [aged 52] died. His son John [aged 22] succeeded 5th Marquess Waterford.

In 1874 John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford [aged 29] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Waterford in which office he remained for his life.

On 21st July 1874 John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford [aged 30] and Blanche Somerset Marchioness of Waterford [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Waterford. She the daughter of Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort [aged 50] and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort [aged 49]. He the son of John Beresford 4th Marquess Waterford and Christiana Leslie Marchioness of Waterford [aged 54]. They were half third cousin once removed.

On 28th April 1875 [his son] Henry de la Poer Beresford 6th Marquess Waterford was born to John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford [aged 30] and [his wife] Blanche Somerset Marchioness of Waterford [aged 19]. He married 16th October 1897 his fifth cousin Beatrix Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess St Albans, daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne and Maud Evelyn Hamilton Marchioness Lansdowne, and had issue.

On 30th April 1877 [his daughter] Susan de la Poer Beresford was born to John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford [aged 32] and [his wife] Blanche Somerset Marchioness of Waterford [aged 21]. She married 28th April 1902 Major Hugh Danway, son of Major-General Hugh Richard Dawnay 8th Viscount Downe and Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneux, and had issue.

In 1879 [his daughter] Clodagh Beresford was born to John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford [aged 34] and [his wife] Blanche Somerset Marchioness of Waterford [aged 22]. She married 1901 her fifth cousin Claud Anson, son of Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield and Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Countess Lichfield.

The London Gazette 25485. At the Court at Windsor, the 27th day of June, 1885. Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Most Honourable John Henry [aged 41], Marquess of Waterford, K.P., was, by Her Majesty's command, sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly.

The London Gazette 25485. Master of thee Horse's Office, Royal Mews, Pimlico, June 27, 1885. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable John Henry Delapoer [aged 41], Marquis of Waterford, K.P., to be Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds, in the room of the Right Honourable Richard Edmund St. Lawrance [aged 56], Earl of Cork and Orrery, K.P., resigned.

The London Gazette 25561. Master of the Horse's Office, Royal Mews, Pimlico, February 17, 1886, Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Charles Harbord [aged 56] Baron Suffield, K.C.B., to be Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds, in the room of the Right Honourable John Henry Delapoer [aged 41], Marquis of Waterford, K.P., resigned.

On 9th October 1895 [his brother-in-law] Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy 9th Duke Beaufort [aged 48] and Louise Emily Harford 9th Duchess Beaufort [aged 31] were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort [aged 71] and [his mother-in-law] Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort [aged 70].

On 23rd October 1895 John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford [aged 51] committed suicide. His son Henry [aged 20] succeeded 6th Marquess Waterford.

On 22nd February 1897 [his former wife] Blanche Somerset Marchioness of Waterford [aged 40] died. The Graphic (London, England), Saturday, February 27, 1897: Much regret will be felt at the death of Blanche, Marchioness of Waterford. She was the only daughter of the eighth and present Duke of Beaufort, and was born in 1856. In 1874 she married the fifth Marquis of Waterford, who died in sad circumstances in October, 1895. Lady Waterford had been suffering for some years from a severe illness from which there was no hope of recovery, and her husband's death gave her a severe shock. Last year, at the coming of age of the present Marquis, she had regained some of her strength, but the improvement was not maintained, and she gradually grew worse until she died on Monday morning at Curraghmore, County Waterford. Lady Waterford leaves one son (the present Marquis) and two daughters, the Ladies Susan [aged 19] and Clodagh [aged 18] de la Poer Beresford.