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See also: BERESFORD, See also:JOHN (1738-1805) , Irish statesman, was a younger son of See also:Sir See also:Marcus Beresford, who, having married See also:Catherine, See also:sole heiress of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Power, 3rd See also:earl of See also:Tyrone, was created earl of Tyrone in 1746. After the See also:death of the earl in 1763, Beresford's See also:mother successfully asserted her claim suo jure to the See also:barony of La Poer. John Beresford, See also:born on the 14th of See also:March 1738, thus inherited powerful See also:family connexions. He was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Dublin, was called to the Irish See also:bar, and entered the Irish See also:parliament as member for See also:Waterford in 1760. His See also:industry, added to the See also:influence of his family, procured his See also:admission to the privy See also:council in 1768, and his See also:appointment as one of the commissioners of See also:revenue two years later. In 1780 he became first See also:commissioner of revenue, a position which gave him powerful influence in the Irish See also:administration. He introduced some useful reforms in the machinery of See also:taxation; and he was the author of many improvements in the See also:architecture of the public buildings and streets of Dublin. He was first brought into conflict with See also:Grattan and the popular party, in 1784, by his support of the proposal that the Irish parliament in return for the removal of restrictions on Irish See also:trade should be See also:bound to adopt the See also:English See also:navigation See also:laws. In 1786 he was sworn a member of the English privy council, and the power which he wielded in See also:Ireland through his numerous dependants and connexions See also:grew to be so extensive that a few years later he was spoken of as the " See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Ireland." He was a vehement opponent of the increasing demand for See also:relief of the See also:Roman Catholics; and when it became known that See also:Lord See also:Fitzwilliam was to succeed Lord See also:Westmorland as lord See also:lieutenant in 1795 for the purpose of carrying out a conciliatory policy, Beresford expressed strong hostility to the appointment. One of Fitzwilliam's first acts was to dismiss Beresford from his employment but with permission to retain his entire See also:official See also:salary for See also:life, and with the assurance that no other member of his family would be removed. Beresford immediately exerted all his influence with his See also:friends in See also:England, to whom he described himself as an injured and persecuted See also:man; he appealed to See also:Pitt, and went in See also:person to See also:London to See also:lay his complaint before the English ministers. There is little doubt that the recall of Lord Fitzwilliam (q.v.), which was followed by such momentous consequences in the See also:history of Ireland, was, as the See also:viceroy himself believed, mainly due to Beresford's dismissal. There had been a misunderstanding on the point between Pitt and Fitzwilliam. The latter, whose veracity was unimpeachable, asserted that previous to his coming to Ireland he had informed the See also: prime See also:minister of his intention to dismiss Beresford, and that Pitt had raised no objection. Pitt denied all recollection of any such communication, and on the contrary described the dismissal as " an open See also:breach of the most See also:solemn promise."' In a See also:letter to Lord See also:Carlisle, justifying his See also:action, Fitzwilliam mentioned that malversation had been imputed to Beresford. Beresford sent a See also:challenge to Fitzwilliam, but the combatants were interrupted on the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field and Fitzwilliam then made an See also:apology.
When Lord See also:Camden replaced Fitzwilliam in the viceroyalty in March 1795, Beresford resumed his former position. On the See also:eve of the See also:rebellion in 1198 his letters to Lord See also:Auckland gave an alarming description of the See also:condition of Ireland, and he counselled strong See also:measures of repression. When first consulted by Pitt on the question of the See also:union Beresford appears to have disliked the See also:idea; but he soon became reconciled to the policy and warmly supported it. After the union Beresford continued to represent
1 See also:Stanhope, Life of Pitt, ii. 301.
Waterford in the imperial parliament, and he remained in See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office till 1802, taking an active See also:part in settling the See also:financial relations between Ireland and See also:Great See also:Britain. He died near See also:Londonderry on the 5th of See also:November 18o5. John Beresford was twice married: in 176o to a See also:foreign See also:lady, See also:Constantia Ligondes, who died in 1772; and, secondly, in 1774 to See also:Barbara See also:Montgomery, a celebrated beauty who figures in Sir See also:Joshua See also:Reynolds's picture of " The See also:Graces." He had large families by both marriages. His son, John See also: Claudius, kept a See also:riding school in Dublin, which acquired an evil reputation as the See also:chief See also:scene of the floggings by which See also:evidence was extorted of the See also:conspiracy which came to a See also:head in 1798. He took a prominent part in the Irish See also:House of See also:Commons, where he unsuccessfully moved the reduction of the proposed Irish contribution to the imperial See also:exchequer in the debates on the See also:Act of Union, of which, unlike his See also:father, he was to the last an ardent opponent.
See See also:Correspondence of the Right Hon. John Beresford, edited by W. Beresford (2 vols., London, 1854) ; See also:Edward See also:Wakefield, An See also:Account of Ireland (2 vols., London, 1812) ; Earl Stanhope, Life of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Pitt (4 vols., London, 1861); W. E. H. See also:Lecky, History of Ireland in the Eighteenth See also:Century, vols. iii., iv., v. (5 vols., London, 1892). (R. J.
End of Article: BERESFORD, JOHN (1738-1805)
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