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Creation date | 21 Dec 1812 |
Created by | The Prince Regent on behalf of King George III |
Peerage | Peerage of Ireland |
First holder | William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies |
Present holder | Marcus Hugh Tristram de la Poer Beresford, 7th Baron Decies |
Heir apparent | the Hon. Robert Marcus Duncan de la Poer Beresford |
Status | Extant |
Seat(s) | Straffan Lodge |
Motto | NIL NISI CRUCE Nothing without the Cross |
Baron Decies, of Decies in the County of Waterford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. [1] It was created in 1812 for the Right Reverend William Beresford, Archbishop of Tuam from 1794 to 1819. He was the third son of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone, and the younger brother of George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford. His son, the second Baron, married Charlotta Philadelphia Horsley, the only daughter and heiress of Robert Horsley (1749-1809) [2] of Bolam Hall in Northumberland, [3] [ unreliable source? ] which he built (using stone from the ruined ancient castle on the site [4] ) on the estate purchased in 1727 by his father John Horsley. [5] In accordance with the terms of his wife's inheritance he assumed the additional surname of Horsley in 1810. However, none of the subsequent barons have held this surname. His grandson, the fifth Baron, was a Major in the Army and also sat in the House of Lords as an Irish representative peer from 1912 to 1944. As of 2013 [update] the title is held by his grandson, the seventh Baron, who succeeded his father in 1992.
The family seat is Straffan Lodge, near Straffan, County Kildare.
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Hon. Robert Marcus Duncan de la Poer Beresford (born 1988).
Marquess of Waterford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier marquessate in that peerage. It was created in 1789 for the Anglo-Irish politician George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone. The title is presently held by Henry Beresford, 9th Marquess of Waterford.
The Earl of Tyrone is a title created three times in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created for the final time in 1746 for Marcus Beresford, 1st Viscount Tyrone, son-in-law of the last de Poer earls. His son was created Marquess of Waterford in 1789, and the title has since been a subsidiary title of the Waterford title.
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This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Waterford.
John Graham Hope Horsley de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies PC, styled The Hon. John Beresford until 1910, was an Anglo-Irish army officer, civil servant, and polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
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Marcus Hugh Tristram de la Poer Beresford, 7th Baron Decies, is an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer.
Curraghmore near Portlaw, County Waterford, Ireland, is a historic house and estate and the seat of the Marquess of Waterford. The estate was part of the grant of land made to Sir Roger le Puher by Henry II in 1177 after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. Since then, the De La Poer Beresford family has owned these estates. It is the oldest family home in Ireland.
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Dates per mural monument in Bolam Church