John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford

John Hubert de la Poer Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford (14 July 1933 – 11 February 2015) was an Irish peer. He succeeded to the marquessate in 1934. He was educated at Eton, and later served as a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards' Supplementary Reserve.

Biography

A highly skilled horseman, Lord Waterford rode the first of his many point-to-point winners while still at Eton, and he went on to become the youngest-ever member of the Irish Turf Club. From 1960 to 1985, he was captain of the All-Ireland Polo Club and its highest handicap player. For 12 years (1960–72) he was a member, at both medium and high-goal level, of the Duke of Edinburgh's Windsor Park team, which won the British open championship for the Cowdray Park Gold Cup twice, and on another occasion the high-goal Warwickshire Cup.[1]

After retiring from the Army, Lord Waterford returned to Curraghmore and became director of a number of enterprises to provide local employment, among them the Munster Chipboard company, Waterford Properties (a hotel group) and, later, Kenmare Resources, an Irish oil and gas exploration company. He was a founder patron of the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera.[1]

He died on 11 February 2015 at the age of 81 and was succeeded by his son, Henry Beresford (b. 1958).[2]

Family

In 1957 he married Lady Caroline Olein Geraldine Wyndham-Quin, daughter of the 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl. The couple had three sons and a daughter:[3]

• Henry Nicholas de la Poer Beresford, 9th Marquess of Waterford (born 23 March 1958)
• Lord Charles Richard de la Poer Beresford (born 18 January 1960)
• Lord James Patrick de la Poer Beresford (born 10 December 1965)
• Lady Alice Rose de la Poer Beresford (born 31 July 1970)

His family seats were Curraghmore, Portlaw, County Waterford, and Glenbridge Lodge, Valleymount, County Wicklow.[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford

16. John Beresford, 4th Marquess of Waterford 8. John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford 17. Christiana Leslie 4. Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford 18. Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort 9. Lady Blanche Somerset 19. Lady Georgiana Curzon 2. John Beresford, 7th Marquess of Waterford 20. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne 10. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne 21. Emily de Flahaut 5. Lady Beatrix Petty-FitzMaurice 22. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn 11. Lady Maud Hamilton 23. Lady Louisa Russell 1. John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford 24. George Lindsay 12. Henry Lindsay 25. Lady Mary Gore 6. David Lindsay 26. Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar 13. The Hon. Ellen Morgan 27. Rosamund Mundy 3. Juliet Lindsay 14. George Miller 7. Grace Miller

References

1. "The Marquis of Waterford - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
2. "The death has occurred of John Hubert (8th Marquis of Waterford) DE LA POER". RIP.ie. 11 February 2015.
3. "John Hubert de la Poer Beresford, 8th marquess of Waterford, * 1933 - Geneall.net". Retrieved 27 September 2016.
4. Profile, ThePeerage.com; accessed 21 September 2014.