Lord Marcus Beresford
Lord Marcus Talbot de la Poer Beresford, KCVO (25 December 1848 – 16 December 1922) was an equerry and racing manager.
The son the 4th Marquess of Waterford, he ran the stables of Albert, Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, from 1890 to 1910 and of George V from 1910 to 1922.
On 28 August 1895, Beresford married Louisa Catherine Ridley, daughter of Major-General Charles William Ridley.
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