just before being raised to his peerage. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1821. Family Lord Beresford married his first cousin the Honourable Louisa, widow of Thomas Hope and daughter of William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies and Elizabeth Fitzgibbon, in 1832. The marriage was childless. She died in July 1851. Lord Beresford died in January 1854, aged 85. The barony and viscountcy became extinct on his death. His estates were passed on to his stepson, Alexander Beresford Hope. Beresford's Portuguese titles were not renewed, although his nephews continued using them. Arms See also List of Marquesses in Portugal List of Countships in Portugal Beresford Gate Beresford Square References Sources The Fatal Hill: The Allied Campaign under Beresford in Southern Spain in 1811, Mark Sunderland, Thompson Publishing, London 2002, Long Review, Henriques, Mendo Castro, Salamanca – 1812 Companheiros de Honra, Lisboa, 2006, 2nd edition, Zúquete, Afonso Eduardo Martins, Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil (3 Volumes), Volume Second, p. 474-7, Lisbon, 1960. External links Genealogical information on the Marquesses of Campo Maior Genealogical information on the Counts of Trancoso |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1768 births 1854 deaths Spanish captain generals Field marshals of Portugal British Army generals British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars British Army commanders of the Napoleonic Wars British Army personnel of the Peninsular War Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Governors of Jersey Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers officers 69th Regiment of Foot officers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Waterford constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs who were granted peerages William Recipients of the Army Gold Cross People of the Peninsular War British invasions of the River Plate Grand Crosses of the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegild Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Peers of the United Kingdom created by George III Peers of the United Kingdom created by George IV British prisoners of war (Napoleonic Wars)