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{{Short description|Irish peer and Conservative politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Most Honourable]]
| name                = The Marquess of Waterford
| honorific-suffix    = [[Order of St Patrick|KP]] [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]]
| image               = File:5th-marquess-of-waterford.jpg
| imagesize           = 200px
| caption             =
| order1              = [[Master of the Buckhounds]]
| term_start1         = 27 June 1885
| term_end1           = 28 January 1886
| monarch1            = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| primeminister1      = [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|The Marquess of Salisbury]]
| predecessor1        = [[Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork|The Earl of Cork]]
| successor1          = [[Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield|The Lord Suffield]]
| birth_date          = 21 May 1844
| birth_place         =
| death_date          = {{death-date and age|23 October 1895|21 May 1844}}
| death_place         =
| nationality         = [[British people|British]]
| party               = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| alma_mater          =
| spouse              = {{Marriage|Florence Vivian|1873|1874|end=died}}<br />{{Marriage|Lady Blanche Somerset|1874}}
| children            = 4, including [[Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford]]
| parents             = [[John Beresford, 4th Marquess of Waterford]]<br />Christiana Leslie
}}
[[File:Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, Miscellaneous, ^The Great Man of Waterford^, The Marquis of Waterford, August 9, 1879 - B1979.14.485 - Yale Center for British Art.jpg|thumb|"The Great Man of Waterford". Caricature by [[Leslie Ward|Spy]] published in ''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' in 1879.]]
'''John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KP|PC|DL|sep=,|size=100%}} (21 May 1844{{snd}}23 October 1895), styled '''Earl of Tyrone''' from 1859 to 1866, was an [[Peerage of Ireland|Irish peer]] and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician. He served as [[Master of the Buckhounds]] under [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Salisbury]] from 1885 to 1886.
==Background==
Beresford was the eldest son of [[John Beresford, 4th Marquess of Waterford]], by his wife Christiana Leslie, daughter of Colonel [[Charles Powell Leslie (1769–1831)|Charles Leslie]] and sister of [[Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet]], of [[Castle Leslie]], [[Glaslough]], County Monaghan.<ref>[[Burke's Peerage]] (repr. 2003). p. 2306.</ref> He was the elder brother of [[Lord Charles Beresford]], [[Lord William Beresford]], {{Postnom|country=UK|VC}} and [[Lord Marcus Beresford]].<ref name=":0">[[Burke's Peerage]] (repr. 2003). p. 4091.</ref>
Beresford was an avid sportsman: as with the rest of his family, he was very fond of hunting, racing and shooting. In his youth he rode to hounds with his infamous uncle, the [[3rd Marquess of Waterford]]. He was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]], after which he was commissioned into the [[Household Cavalry|Household cavalry]]. In 1859, he became known as the Earl of Tyrone after his father succeeded to the marquessate.<ref name=":0" />
==Career==
Lord Tyrone gained the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] in the [[1st Life Guards]].<ref name=":0" /> It was said he was "one of the handsomest officers that ever wore the uniform of the Household Brigade".
Lord Waterford was returned to Parliament for [[County Waterford (UK Parliament constituency)|County Waterford]] in 1865, a seat he held until the following year, when he succeeded his father in the marquessate and took his seat in the [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{Rayment-hc|w|1|date=March 2012}}</ref> In 1868 he was made a Knight of the [[Order of St Patrick]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022551/http://www.leighrayment.com/orders/patrick.htm leighrayment.com Knights of St Patrick]}}</ref> He was appointed [[Lord Lieutenant of Waterford]] in 1874, which he remained until his death,<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080608023611/http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersW1.htm leighrayment.com Peerage: Waddington to Welles]}}</ref> and was admitted to the [[Privy Council of Ireland|Irish Privy Council]] in 1879.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022603/http://leighrayment.com/pcouncil/pcouncilI.htm leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors – Ireland]}}</ref> In 1885 he was sworn of the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|British Privy Council]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25485 |date=30 June 1885 |page=2987 }}</ref> and appointed [[Master of the Buckhounds]] under [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Salisbury]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25485 |date=30 June 1885 |page=3000 }}</ref> a post he held until the fall of the [[Conservative Government 1885–1886|Conservative administration]] in early 1886.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25561 |date=23 February 1886 |page=848 }}</ref>
==In humour==
[[W. S. Gilbert]] refers to Lord Waterford as "reckless and rollicky" in Colonel Calverley's song [[Patience (opera)#Musical numbers|"If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery"]] from the [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] opera ''[[Patience (opera)|Patience]].''
==Family==
Lord Waterford eloped with Florence Grosvenor Rowley, wife of [[John Vivian (Liberal politician)|John Vivian]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Elopement of Mrs. Vivian with the Marquess of Waterford |work=Nottinghamshire Guardian |date=19 March 1869 |accessdate=3 December 2015 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000176/18690319/005/0002| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and married her on 9{{nbsp}}August 1872. She died on 4 April 1873, along with her stillborn child.<ref>[[Burke's Peerage]] (repr. 2003). p. 3422.</ref> He married secondly, Lady Blanche Somerset, daughter of [[Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort]], on 21{{nbsp}}July 1874. The second Lady Waterford suffered from a ''severe illness''<ref>{{cite book|last1=The Graphic|title=Obituary of Marchioness of Waterford|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/89773100@N02/8408336003/|date=27 February 1897|location=London}}</ref> which left her an invalid.  She had a special carriage designed to carry her around the estate at [[Curraghmore]]. Lord Waterford and his second wife had four children:
*[[Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford|Henry de la Poer Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford]] (1875&ndash;1911)
*Lady Mary Beresford (1877&ndash;1877), died in infancy
*Lady Susan de la Poer Beresford, twin sister of Lady Mary (1877&ndash;1947), married Major Hon. Hugh Dawnay, son of [[Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe]] and had issue, including [[David Dawnay|Maj-Gen Sir David Dawnay]]
*[[Lady Clodagh Beresford]] (1879&ndash;1957), married Hon. Claud Anson, son of [[Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield]] and had issue
He owned 66,000 acres including 39,000 in Waterford and 26,000 in Wicklow.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/greatlandownerso00bateuoft/page/467/mode/1up The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland]</ref>
Lord Waterford committed suicide in October 1895, aged 51, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his only son, Henry. Many national newspapers expressed their sorrow at Lord Waterford's suicide, especially given his position in society.
==References==
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==External links==
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| title=[[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[County Waterford (UK Parliament constituency)|County Waterford]]
| with = [[Sir John Esmonde, 10th Baronet|Sir John Esmonde, Bt]]
| before=[[Sir John Esmonde, 10th Baronet|Sir John Esmonde, Bt]]<br />[[Walter Carpenter|Walter Talbot]]
| after=[[Sir John Esmonde, 10th Baronet|Sir John Esmonde, Bt]]<br />[[Edmond de la Poer, 1st Count de la Poer|Edmond de la Poer]]
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