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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Beresford
	First Name(s)	Lord William Leslie De La Poer
	Year of Birth	1847
	Year of Death	1900
	Entry	Third son of the fourth Marquis of Waterford : born July 20, 1847 : educated at Eton : entered the 9th Lancers in 1867 : A.D.C. to Viceroys of India, 1875 to 1881, and Military Secretary to the Viceroys from 1881 to 1894. He saw service in the Jowaki expedition, 1877-8 ; in the Zulu war, 1879, where he gained the Victoria Cross ; in the Afghan war, 1880, and was in Burma, 1886 : Lt- Colonel in 1890 : K.C.I. E., 1894. On Dec. 30, 1893, he was entertained at a farewell dinner at the Town Hall, Calcutta, by 180 friends : it was then said of him that he "" had raised the office [of Military Secretary] to a science, and himself from an official into an institution, and acquired a reputation absolutely unique : retired from India in 1894 : died in England, Dec. 28, 1900. He was invaluable as A.D.C. and Military Secretary to successive Viceroys : popular and active : a keen sportsman and successful rider of steeplechases : and polo-player : and for years kept a stud of racehorses with which he won the Viceroy's Cup six times and the other principal races at race-meetings in India. In England, also, he had a racing stable, and was one of the first to have American horses and jockeys.

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