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{{Short description|Irish peer}}
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{{Infobox noble
|honorific prefix=[[The Most Honourable]]| name = HenryThe Marquess of BeresfordWaterford
| image = ComingHenry of Age Celebrations forBeresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford (1875–1911).jpgpng
| caption = Henry Beresford, Lord Waterford, in ''[[The Sketch]]'', 27 February 1901
| caption = Coming of Age Celebrations for 6th Marquess of Waterford, showing the invalid Dowager Marchioness of Waterford in front of Lord Waterford, who is next to his grandparents the [[Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort|Duke and Duchess of Beaufort]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|04|28|df=y}}
| birth_place =London, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1911|12|01|1875|04|28|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Curraghmore]], County Waterford, Ireland
|honorific suffix=[[Knight of St Patrick|KP]] [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|KStJ]] [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]]|CoA=| tenure = 1895–1911
| title = [[Marquess of Waterford]]▼
|predecessor=|successor=| other_names =
| tenure = 1895-1911
| nationality = [[British people|British]]
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| known_for = '''Earl of Tyrone'''
|noble family=[[Marquess of Waterford|Beresford]]| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans|BeatrixLady FrancesBeatrix Petty-FitzMaurice]]|1897}} ▼
| nationality = Irish
▲| titleissue =6, including [[John Beresford, 7th Marquess of Waterford]]
▲| locality =
| parents =[[John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford]]<br>Lady Blanche Somerset
▲| spouse = [[Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans|Beatrix Frances Petty-FitzMaurice]]
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{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
 
'''Henry de Lala Poer Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford''', [[Order of St Patrick{{Postnom|country=UK|KP]] [[Deputy lieutenant|KStJ|DL]]|sep=,|size=100%}} (28 April 1875 – 1 December 1911), was an Irish peer, styled '''Earl of Tyrone''' until 1895, was an [[Peerage of Ireland|Irish peer]] and soldier.
 
==Biography==
[[File:Coming of Age Celebrations for 6th Marquess of Waterford.jpg|thumb|right|The Majority of the Marquess of Waterford, 1896, showing the invalid Dowager Marchioness of Waterford and the [[Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort|Duke and Duchess of Beaufort]]]]

Lord Tyrone was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and became [[Marquess of Waterford]] in 1895 on the death of [[John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford|his father]] by suicide. When Lord Waterford reached his majority (i.e. turned 21 and came of age) inon 28 April 1896 seven hundred invited guests, including the [[Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort|Duke of Beaufort]] attended the celebrations at the family seat of [[Curraghmore]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=The Graphic (London, England)|title=The Coming of Age of the Marquis of Waterford|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/89773100@N02/8409255050/|accessdate=8 June 2015|date=12 September 1896}}</ref>
 
He held a commission in the 4th ([[Militia (United Kingdom)|Militia]]) battalion of the [[Worcestershire Regiment]] until 18 March 1896, when he transferred to a commission with the regular army as he became [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Horse Guards]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26722 |date=17 March 1896 |page=1744}}</ref>
 
He was appointed a [[deputy lieutenant]] of [[Northumberland]] on 21 May 1901,<ref name="may901">{{London Gazette | issue=27317 |page=3562 | date=24 May 1901}}</ref> and invested as a Knight of the [[Order of St Patrick]] on 15 March 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspapernews |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-his-majesty/135958228/ |newspaper=[[The Times]] |publication-place=London |title=NavalHis & Military intelligenceMajesty |date=175 March 1902 |page=109 |number=36707|access-date=2023-11-28 |issuevia=36717Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/orders/patrick.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022551/http://www.leighrayment.com/orders/patrick.htm|archive-date=7 June 2008|title=Knights of the Order of St Patrick|last=Rayment|first=Leigh|url-status=usurped|accessdate=2008-12-13}}</ref>
 
On 10 February 1902 he was appointed [[Lieutenant-colonel (British Army)|lieutenant-colonel]] in command of the [[South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27410 |date=25 February 1902 |page=1204 }}</ref> The following month he was seconded to the 37th Battalion of the [[Imperial Yeomanry]],<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27429 |page=2865 |date=29 April 1902}}</ref> with the temporary rank of captain in the Army.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27427 |page=2690 |date=22 April 1902}}</ref> The battalion had been raised to provide soldiers for the [[Second Boer War]], and left in late May 1902 for [[South Africa]],<ref>{{Cite newspapernews |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-the-war-the-reinforcements/135958413/ |newspaper=[[The Times]] |publication-place=London |title=The War - The Reinforcements |date=28 May 1902 |page=9 |issue=36779 |access-date=2023-11-28 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> arriving in [[Cape Town]] the following month. Peace had been announced while they were at sea, however, and Lord Waterford soon returned home, resigning his commission in the Imperial Yeomanry on 25 August 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27475 |page=6022 |date=19 September 1902}}</ref>
 
While big game hunting in southern Africa Lord Tyrone was attacked by a lion. He narrowly escaped injury but in 1911 accidentally drowned in a river on his estate at Curraghmore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/obituary-8th-marquis-of-waterford-31011329.html|title=Obituary: 8th Marquis of Waterford - Independent.ie|accessdate=15 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-peers-death/135957544/ |title=Peer's Death |newspaper=[[Evening Standard]] |publication-place=London |page=11 |date=1911-12-02 |access-date=2023-11-28 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
 
==Family==
On 16 October 1897, heLord Waterford married [[Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans|Lady Beatrix Frances Petty-FitzMauriceFitzmaurice]], daughter of [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne]].<ref>[[Burke's Peerage]] (repr. 2003). p. 2240.</ref> They had six children:
* [[Lady Blanche Girouard|Lady Blanche Maud Beresford]] (1898–1940), who married Richard Girouard and had children
* Lady Katharine Nora Beresford (1899–1991), who married her cousin [[David Dawnay|Sir David Dawnay]] and had children
* [[John Beresford, 7th Marquess of Waterford|John Charles de La Poer Beresford, 7th Marquess of Waterford]] (1901–1934)
* Lady Beatrix Patricia Beresford (1902–1902–1986), who married Lynden Miller and had children
* Lord William Beresford (1905–1973), who married Rachel Page and had children
* Lord Hugh Beresford (1908–1941), who died unmarried while serving in the [[Royal Navy]]. Lost with {{HMS|Kelly}} south of Crete, 23 May 1941.
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