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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.
Sometimes the son of a peer can be referred to as a viscount even when he could use a more senior courtesy title which differs in name from the substantive title. Family tradition plays a role in this. For example, the eldest son of the Marquess of Londonderry is Viscount Castlereagh, even though the Marquess is also the Earl Vane. [6] [7]
The 2nd Marquess, better known as Lord Castlereagh (he went by the courtesy title of Viscount Castlereagh from 1796 to 1821), was a noted statesman and diplomat. Castlereagh is best remembered for his tenure as Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1822 and played an important role at the Congress of Vienna of 1814 to 1815.
Henry de la Poer Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford, KP (26 April 1811 – 29 March 1859), styled Lord Henry Beresford before 1824 and Earl of Tyrone between 1824 and 1826, was an Irish peer. Referred to as the "Mad Marquis", he is also remembered as an eccentric .
The Marquess of Bute: 1796 John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, 8th Marquess of Bute: Great Britain Lord Anthony Crichton-Stuart (uncle) 12 The Marquess of Waterford: 1789 Henry Beresford, 9th Marquess of Waterford: Ireland Richard de la Poer Beresford, Earl of Tyrone: 13 The Marquess of Downshire: 1789 Nicholas Hill, 9th Marquess of Downshire: Ireland
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh; Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry; Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry; George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry; Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry; Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry; Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of ...
This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of clans, peers and landed gentry families in Ireland. Most of the houses belonged to the Old English and Anglo-Irish aristocracy, and many of those located in the present Republic of Ireland were abandoned, sold or destroyed following the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War of the early 1920s.
George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford; Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford; Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford; John Beresford, 4th Marquess of Waterford; John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford; Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford; John Beresford, 7th Marquess of Waterford; John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford