John Beresford, 7th Marquess of Waterford

John Charles de la Poer Beresford, 7th Marquess of Waterford (6 January 1901 – 25 September 1934), styled Earl of Tyrone until 1911, was an Irish peer and soldier.Beresford was the eldest son of Henry de la Poer Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford, and Lady Beatrix Frances Petty-Fitzmaurice, daughter of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Viceroy and Governor-General of Canada and India, respectively.[1] In 1924, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards.[2] Lord Waterford died in a shooting accident in the gun room at the family seat, Curraghmore House, near Portlaw, County Waterford, aged only 33.[3] Lord Waterford married Juliet Mary Lindsay (1904–1987), daughter of Major David Balcarres Lindsay, on 14 October 1930 at St George's, Hanover Square.
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