Career
Beresford was ordained a priest in 1797, became Dean of Clogher in 1799 and was raised to the episcopate as Bishop of Cork and Ross in 1805. He was translated becoming Bishop of Raphoe two years later and was appointed 90th Bishop of Clogher in 1819. Beresford was consecrated Archbishop of Dublin in the next year and was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland. In 1822, he went on to be the 106th Archbishop of Armagh and therefore also Primate of All Ireland in 1822. Additionally Beresford became Prelate of the Order of St Patrick and Lord Almoner of Ireland. Having been vice-chancellor from 1829, he was appointed the 15th Chancellor of the University of Dublin in 1851, a post he held until his death in 1862.
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