Admiral Sir John P Beresford Bt KCB & GCH

Admiral Sir John P Beresford Bt KCB & GCH
Title:Admiral Sir
First name:John
Middle name(s):P
Surname:Beresford
Post-nominals:Bt KCB & GCH
Year elected:1817
Last year on list:1843
MembershipNaval
Admiral Sir John Poo Beresford, 1st Baronet, KCB GCH (1766 – 2 October 1844) was a Royal Navy admiral, Second Sea Lord and Conservative MP.

John Poo Beresford was born in 1766 at Waterford. He was an illegitimate son of George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone; as well as a number of legitimate half-siblings, Beresford was also brother to General William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, another illegitimate son. Beresford was educated at Catterick Bridge in Yorkshire before he joined the Royal Navy in 1782.

He was taken on as a protégé by Captain Lord Longford in the 74-gun ship of the line HMS Alexander, as a captain's servant.

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