Sir John Poo Beresford, first baronet

(1766-1844)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Beresford, Sir John Poo (1766-1844) Knight Admiral DNB: Beresford, Sir John Poo, first baronet (1766-1844), naval officer and politician LBT ID: JoBeres1844	B/BAP: 1766 DIED: 1844-10-02
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
The brother of William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford; he was a naval officer and Tory MP for Coleraine (1809-12, 1814-23, 1832-33), Berwick-on-Tweed (1823-26), Northallerton (1826-32), and Chatham (1835-37).
REFERENCES TO Sir John Poo Beresford, first baronet: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 24 August 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 3 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1827 Found 2: ¶ 33 ¶ n1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 6: Shreds & Patches Found 1: ¶ 24 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. V: 1827