The Right Reverend George de la Poer Beresford (19 July 1765-16 October 1841), was an Irish clergyman.

A member of the Beresford family headed by the Marquess of Waterford

Marquess of Waterford

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, Beresford was the son of John Beresford, younger son of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone

Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone

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. Marcus Beresford

Marcus Beresford (1764–1797)

-Background:A member of the Beresford family headed by the Marquess of Waterford, he was the eldest son of John Beresford. George Beresford and John Claudius Beresford were his younger brothers.-Political career:...

 and John Claudius Beresford

John Claudius Beresford

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 were his brothers.

Beresford was Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh

Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh

The Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, comprising the southern part of County Galway and a small area of County Roscommon, Ireland.-History:...

 between 1801 and 1802 and Bishop of Kilmore

Bishop of Kilmore

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 between 1802 and 1839. The latter year the Kilmore and Ardagh

Bishop of Ardagh

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 sees

Episcopal See

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 were united, and Beresford served as Bishop for the new see until his death two years later.

Beresford married Frances, daughter of Gervase Parker Bushe, daughter of Gervase Parker Bushe and Mary Grattan (sister of Henry Grattan

Henry Grattan

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), in 1794. They had several children, including Marcus Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh

Archbishop of Armagh

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. Beresford died in October 1841, aged 76. His wife survived him by two years and died in May 1843.

A satirical print of the bishop is in the British Museum