Beresford, William Carr, Viscount, 1768-1854
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Name (Latin)
Beresford, William Carr, Viscount, 1768-1854
Other forms of name
Campo Maior, Marquez de, 1768-1854
Carr, William, 1768-1854
Date of birth
1768-10-02
Date of death
1854-01-08
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Beresford, gobernador de Buenos Aires, c1994:p. 17 (William Carr; born out of wedlock, as a youth took the surname Beresford) p. 267 (geneal. table: Lord William Carr Beresford, vizconde Beresford of Beresford, 1768-1854)
- DNB(Beresford, William Carr, Viscount Beresford, 1768-1854)
- Ordem do dia, 1818:t.p. (o illustrissimo e excellentissimo Senhor Marechal General Marquez de Campo Maior)
- Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira(Beresford (William Carr Beresford, Visconde de), English general and marshal of the Portuguese army, 1768-1854; ref. from Campo Maior)
- Verbo(Beresford (William Carr, Visconde de), Oct. 2, 1768-Jan. 8, 1854)
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Portrait of William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768-1856)
William Beechey, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, (; 2 October 1768 – 8 January 1854) was a British army officer and politician. A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in the First Wellington ministry. He led the 1806 failed British invasion of Buenos Aires.
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