Person DS/UK/3255 Beresford; William Marcus Joseph (1797-1883); Major Beresford William Marcus Joseph 1797-1883 Major Male Born in Ireland 17 Apr 1797 (or 1798)

Commissioned in the army as a lieutenant in 1822; retired on half pay as a major in Jan 1831; he was electd to Parlaiment in 1841; in 1845 he opposed the proposal by Sir Robert Peel to grant finds to Maynooth College, a Catholic seminary college; he was made chief whip of the protectionist party in 1846, which he later helped to be recalled the Conservative party in 1848; he opposed emancipation of the Jews in 1847 and helped to get the proposer Lord Bentinck removed as party leader International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes DERBYSHIRE\71026502 02/09/2019 DERBYSHIRE\71026502 02/09/2019 8ea1454c-97b1-4331-a4e9-44052ec134d0