3-082-566 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Homes of Irish Landlords - No. I. Curraghmore: the Marquis of Waterford, K.P., 1895. Engraving from a photograph. The Most Noble Sir John Henry de la Poer Beresford, fifth Marquis of Waterford, Earl of and Viscount Tyrone, Baron Beresford of Beresford, in the county of Cavan, and Baron La Poer of Curraghmore, in the county of Waterford, and a baronet of the same part of the United Kingdom, and Baron Tyrone of Haverfordwest, in the county of Pembroke - to give the head of the family his full titles...was formerly Captain in the 1st Life Guards...He is honorary Colonel of the 6th Brigade of the South Irish Division of the Royal Artillery...[He] has...addressed the House of Peers on subjects chiefly connected with Ireland. His Lordship had the misfortune to meet with an accident when riding, which accounts for the privilege he has received of speaking from his seat instead of rising. What would in many cases be an obstacle to oratory has not hindered him in the slightest, and he has triumphed over this inconvenience with the pluck which is characteristic of the Beresfords...The ancient family of De Poher, or Le Poer, was established, according to the records, by Robert de Poher, who was Knight Marshal and Joint Governor of Ireland in 1179'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.