Denis Pack-Beresford (MP)

Denis William Pack-Beresford (7 July 1818 – 28 December 1881),[1] known as Denis William Pack until 1854, was an Irish Conservative Party politician.[2]

Denis Pack-Beresford

MP
Member of Parliament
for Carlow County
In office
7 August 1862 – 18 November 1868
Serving with Henry Bruen
Preceded byWilliam McClintock-Bunbury
Henry Bruen
Succeeded byArthur MacMurrough Kavanagh
Henry Bruen
Personal details
Born
Denis William Pack

7 July 1818
Died28 December 1881(1881-12-28) (aged 63)
NationalityIrish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Annette Caroline Browne
(
m. 1863)
ChildrenNine, including Denis Robert
ParentsDenis Pack
Lady Elizabeth Louisa Beresford

Early life and family

Pack was the son of decorated military officer Denis Pack and Elizabeth Louisa Beresford. In early life, Pack was a Captain of the Royal Artillery. Upon inheriting estates from his uncle, General William Carr Beresford, in 1854, he also inherited the arms of Beresford, and assumed the additional surname. In 1856, he became a High Sheriff.[2]

Pack-Beresford then married Annette Caroline Browne, daughter of Robert Clayton Browne and Harriette Augusta Hamilton, in 1863. Together, they had nine children:[2]

  • Elizabeth Harriet Pack-Beresford (died 1937)
  • Annette Louisa Pack-Beresford (died 1941)
  • Denis Robert Pack-Beresford (1864–1942)
  • Arthur William Pack-Beresford (1868–1902)
  • Charles George Pack-Beresford (1869–1914), an officer in the West Kent Regiment.
  • Henry John Pack-Beresford (1871–1945)
  • Reynell James Pack-Beresford (1872–1949)
  • Hugh de la Poer Pack-Beresford (1874–1954)
  • Algernon Dunbar Pack-Beresford (1875–1908)

Political career

He was elected as on eof the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Carlow County at a by-election in 1862 and held the seat until standing down at the 1868 general election.[3]

Later life

In later life, Pack-Beresford was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace.[2]

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References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  2. "Denis William Pack-Beresford". The Peerage. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William McClintock-Bunbury
Henry Bruen		 Member of Parliament for Carlow County
1862 – 1868
With: Henry Bruen		 Succeeded by
Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh
Henry Bruen


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