caption serviceyears laterwork branch commands placeofburial_coordinates death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
lord beresford by sir william beechey . 1785 -- 1830 governor of jersey governor of royal military academy army master-general of the ordnance 51.090735 title christ church 0.426909 type : event_region : gb inline , kilndown , kent , england 8 january 1854 2 october 1768 england kingdom of great britain kingdom of portugal 1750 war war peninsular war of the first coalition the egyptian campaign anglo-spanish 2 october 1768 christ church , kilndown general -lrb- uk -rrb- field marshal -lrb- portugal -rrb- william beechey.jpg carr beresford , viscount beresford by sir william william beresford , 1st viscount beresford
 general , gch , gcte , pc '' ` the viscount beresford '' ' gcb
william beresford , 1st viscount beresford

general the rt. .
hon. william carr beresford , 1st viscount beresford , 1st marquis of campo maior , gcb , gch , gcte , pc / ˈwɪlɪəm kɑː ˈberɪsfəd / -lrb- 2 october 1768 -- 8 january 1856 -rrb- , was an anglo-irish soldier and politician .
a general in the british army and a marshal in the portuguese army , he fought alongside field marshal the 1st duke of wellington in the peninsular war and held the office of master-general of the ordnance in 1828 in wellington 's first ministry .
