William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
General William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician. A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside The Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in Wellington's first ministry. He led the 1806 failed British invasion of Buenos Aires.
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Date of Birth
October 2nd, 1768
Age
258
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
January 8th, 1854
Died Aged
85
Star Sign
Libra
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George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford
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Louisa Beresford
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Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet
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