William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
General William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior,( 2 October 1768 – 8 January 1854) was an Anglo- Irish soldier and politician.
A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside The Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master- General of the Ordnance in 1828 in Wellington's first ministry.
William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies
William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies (16 April 1743 – 6 September 1819) was an Anglo-Irish clergyman.
Decies was the third son of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone, and Catherine Poer, 1st Baroness de la Poer.
George de la Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, was his elder brother.
He served as Bishop of Dromore from 1780 to 1782, Bishop of Ossory from 1782 to 1794, and as Archbishop of Tuam from 1794 until his death in 1819.
He was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1794 and in 1812 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Decies, of Decies in the County of Waterford.
Lord Decies married on 16 June 1763 Elizabeth FitzGibbon (1732–1807), daughter of John FitzGibbon and wife Isabella Grove.
They had eight children, three sons and five daughters:
Decies died in September 1819, aged 76, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest surviving son John; his eldest son Marcus Beresford had died in 1803.
Arthur Robert MacDonnell
Major- General Arthur Robert MacDonnell( 1835- 1900) R.E., J.P., was an Anglo- Irish soldier who served with the Royal Engineers during 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia under Sir Robert Napier.
McDonnell was born at Dalkey, Co. Dublin, the youngest son of Richard MacDonnell, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin.
He studied at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and was gazetted into the Royal Engineers in 1854.
After service in India, in 1868 he took part in the Abyssinian Expedition under Sir Robert Napier, during which he was made Brevet Major.
In command of Companies 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Bombay Sappers, he saw action at the Battle of Aroghee and the Battle of Magdala.
At the capture of Magdala, he served alongside Harry Prendergast V.C., commander of the Madras Sappers, and was mentioned in despatches as" having rendered valuable and important services."
In 1884, he retired from the army with the rank of Major- General.
His first wife, Araminta Preston, was the daughter of Rev. Arthur Preston, grandson of William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies.
His second wife, Florence, was a daughter of Sir Henry Nightingale, 13th Bt., of Newport Pond.
He died at his home near Nairn, where he was Justice of the Peace.
Arthur MacDonnell was a brother of Captain Frederick MacDonnell( 1832- 1858) of the Punjab Cavalry, who served with distinction in over twenty engagements but was shot and killed during the Indian Mutiny.
Their elder brother, Major Charles MacDonnell( 1823- 1853) of the 29th( Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot, was killed at the Battle of Sobraon.
Another of the brothers was Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell.
William Beresford
William Beresford( 17 April 1797 – 6 October 1883) was a British Conservative politician.
Marcus Beresford (British Army officer, born 1800)
General Marcus Beresford( 28 July 1800 – 16 March 1876) was an officer of the British Army and politician in England.
He was the second son of the Rev. George Beresford and his wife Susan.
His grandfathers were Archbishop William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies and Hamilton Gorges MP, of Kilbrew.
He was Member of Parliament( MP) for Northallerton from 1824 to 1826, and for Berwick- upon- Tweed from 1826 to 1832.
He was made a full General on 4 March 1866 and given the colonelcy of the 20th Foot from 1858 to his death in 1876.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone
Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone (16 July 1694 – 4 April 1763), known as Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Baronet, until 1720 and subsequently as The Viscount Tyrone until 1746, was an Irish peer, freemason and politician.
Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet
Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet( died 15 January 1673) was an Irish soldier and politician.
He was the ancestor of the Marquesses of Waterford, the Barons Decies and the Beresford baronets, of William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford and Charles Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford.
He was born the eldest son of Tristram Beresford, who had originated from Kent and settled in Ireland, and his wife Susannah Brooke.
Beresford became manager of the Corporation of London's Londonderry Plantation and entered the Irish House of Commons in 1634 as the member for County Londonderry.
He then represented the counties of Londonderry, Donegal and Tyrone from 1656 until 1658 in the Second Protectorate Parliament at Westminster.
After the Restoration he finally stood successfully for Londonderry in the Irish Parliament of 1661, holding the seat for the next five years.
He was knighted in 1664 and was created a Baronet, of Coleraine in the County of Londonderry, on 5 May of the following year.
He married firstly Anne Rowley, oldest daughter of John Rowley, and had by her a son and two daughters.
After her death Beresford remarried Sarah Sackville.
By his second wife he had another three sons and three daughters.
Beresford died on 18 January 1673 and was buried in Coleraine five days later.
He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Randal.
Marcus Beresford, 7th Baron Decies
Marcus Hugh Tristram de la Poer Beresford, 7th Baron Decies( born 5 August 1948) is an Anglo- Irish hereditary peer.
He is the son of Arthur George Marcus Douglas de la Poer Beresford, 6th Baron Decies and Diana( née Turner- Cain).
His grandmother Helen Gould was born in the United States.
He was educated at St Columba's College, Dublin, and graduated from Dublin University, was a Master of Letters( M. Litt).
He succeeded to the title of 7th Baron Decies, of Decies, County Waterford in 1992.
He married, firstly, Sarah Jane Gunnell, daughter of Colonel Basil Gunnell, on 11 April 1970.
They divorced in 1974.
He remarried in 1981 to Edel Jeannette Hendron, who is involved with numerous charitable causes, including the Irish Haemophilia Society.
The couple have four children and reside in Straffan, County Kildare.

Question: What is the date of birth of William Beresford, 1St Baron Decies's father?
Answer: 16 July 1694