NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Beresford, Marcus Gervais, 1801-1885 NRA: Beresford, Marcus Gervais (1801-1885) Archbishop of Armagh DNB: Beresford, Marcus Gervais (1801-1885), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh LBT ID: MaBeres1886 VIAF ID: 56301773 LOC ID: no2003059288 | B/BAP: 1801-02-14 DIED: 1885-12-26 |
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The son of George De la Poer Beresford, bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh; he was educated at
Trinity College, Cambridge and succeeded his father as bishop in 1854 and became archbishop
of the Irish church in 1862. | |