George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford
- George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford
George de la Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, KP, PC (8 January 1735–3 December 1800) was an Irish politician.
Beresford was the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Tyrone and his wife, Katherine, Baroness de la Poer. From 1757-60, he was a Member of the Irish House of Commons for County Waterford and for Coleraine from 1761 until 1763, when he inherited his father's earldom, entered the Irish House of Lords and was admitted to the Privy Council of Ireland. He was Governor of Waterford from 1766 and custos rotulorum of that county from 1769-1800, during which time he was made a Knight of St Patrick, created Baron Tyrone in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1786 and elevated as a marquess in 1789.
On 19 April 1769, he had married Elizabeth Monck (a maternal granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Portland) and they had seven children, including:
*Henry de la Poer, Earl of Tyrone, later 2nd Marquess of Waterford (1772-1826), politician.
*Lord John George (1773-1862), Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)
*Lord George Thomas (1781-1839), politician.
*Lady Isabella Anne (d. 1850), married Sir John Brydges.
*Lady Elizabeth Louisa (d. 1856), married (1) Sir Denis Pack (2) Sir Thomas Reynell, Bt..
He also had two illegitimate sons, William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, and Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet.
Lord Waterford died in 1800 and his titles passed to his eldest son, Henry.
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