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Entry Type	Person
Surname	Beresford
Forenames	William Marcus Joseph
Epithet	Major
Dates	1797-1883
Gender Identity	Male
Biography	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
Key Events	Born in Ireland 17 Apr 1797 (or 1798)
Authorised Form of Name	Beresford; William Marcus Joseph (1797-1883); Major

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