receive recognition of any services he had been able to perform, unless Sergeant O'Toole's services were also recognised, as he deserved infinitely greater credit than any that might attach to himself. The Queen, appreciating this generosity and soldierly honesty, bestowed the reward also on Sergeant Edmund OToole of Baker's Horse, and Lord William was satisfied. Later career Lord William Beresford became a member of the staff of the Viceroy of India. He won the Viceroy's cup at the Calcutta Turf Club in 1881 with his black gelding Camballo. He later won it three more times with Myall King. Beresford strongly believed in the merits of English thoroughbreds. He was rivalled in Indian racing circles by the wealthy Calcutta merchant Apcar Alexander Apcar, who owned a stud of Australian race horses, and his partner the barrister Malcolm Peter Gasper. This competition did much to improve the quality of horses in India. In England, Beresford's filly Sibola won the 1899 1,000 Guineas Stakes, and came second in The Oaks. In 1899 his two-year-old Democrat beat Diamond Jubilee, winner of the Triple Crown. Democrat did not continue racing, but later was Lord Kitchener's charger in India. Lord William Beresford achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. Personal life In 1895, he married American heiress and socialite Lillian, Duchess of Marlborough, widow of George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, and daughter of Commodore Cicero Price. Together, Lily and William were the parents of one child: William Warren de la Poer Beresford (1897–1919). He died at Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey on 30 December 1900 from peritonitis at the age of 53. References Citations Sources Bibliography Listed in order of year of publication The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997) Ireland's VCs (Dept of Economic Development, 1995) Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000) 1847 births 1900 deaths Irish officers in the British Army 19th-century Irish people Military personnel from County Armagh Anglo-Zulu War recipients of the Victoria Cross Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross 9th Queen's Royal Lancers officers People from County Armagh Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Younger sons of marquesses Deaths from peritonitis People educated at Eton College British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Burmese War William British Army personnel of the Anglo-Zulu War British Army recipients of the