John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford

John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford, KP, PC, DL (21 May 1844 – 23 October 1895), styled Earl of Tyrone from 1859 to 1866, was an Irish peer and Conservative politician.[4] He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Waterford in 1874, which he remained until his death,[5] and was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1879.[6] In 1885 he was sworn of the British Privy Council[7] and appointed Master of the Buckhounds under Lord Salisbury,[8] a post he held until the fall of the Conservative administration in early 1886.Lord Waterford eloped with Florence Grosvenor Rowley, wife of John Vivian[10] and married her on 9 August 1872.[13] Lord Waterford committed suicide in October 1895, aged 51, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his only son, Henry.
"The Great Man of Waterford". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1879.
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