HERA 
daughter and heir of George earl of Tyrconnel, by Sa¬ 
rah, youngeft daughter of John lord Delava]. 
'The family of Beresford was of confiderable eminence 
in the reigo of William I!. John Beresford, .who was 
knighted by Richard II. hadiflue, Thomas, whoferved 
•with diftinttion in the w'arsof king- Henry for the crovyn 
«, of France; and Humphrey, grandfather of Triftrani. 1 ' 
■who was created a baronet of the kingdom of Ireland, 
by Charles II. in 1662. Sir Tridram, third baronet, 
his grandfon, fignalized himfelf on the fide of 'Wil¬ 
liam 111. at the period of the revolution ; and was at¬ 
tainted by the Irilh parliament convened by James II. 
May 7, 1689. 
_Sir Marcus, fourth.baronet, his fon, married Catha¬ 
rine, baronefs La Poer, daughter and heir of James.La 
Poer, earl of Tyrone; and was created by George I. 
baron Beresford, and vifcount Tyrone, of the kingdom 
of Ireland; and by George II. earl of that county. 
The iffue of this marriage was, George De la Poer, the 
late marquis; John, born March 14, 1737, died in No¬ 
vember 1805, having married, fird, November 12, 1760, 
Anne-Conftantia Ligondes, grand-daughter of the count 
de Ligondes; by which lady, who died October 20, 
. 1772, ne had ifTue, 1. Marcus, b.orn February 14, 1764; 
married'to Frances-Arabella, youngeft daughter of Jo- 
feph earl of Miltown,. by whom he had ifTue, and died 
November 1797. 2. George De la Poer, lord bidiop of 
Kilmore; married Frances, daughter of Jerves-Pa'rker 
Buflie, efq. o-f Kilfane, and has. id'ue. 3. john-Clau- 
dius, married to Mils Menzies. 4. Cliarles-Cobbe, in 
lioly orders, born in 1770. 5. Catharine, married to 
Henry-Theophilus Clements, brother to the earl of Lei¬ 
trim, and has iflue. 6. Elizabeth, died Auguft 15, 
1783. 7. Nannette-Condantia, married to Robert 
Uniacke, efq. of Woodhoufe, in Waterford. 8. Jane, 
married to George, elded fon of fir Hugh Hill, of Lon¬ 
donderry, baronet. 9. Araminta. He 'married, fecond- 
Iy, June 4, 1774, Barbara, daughter of fir William 
Montgomery, bart. and fifter to the marchiopefs of 
Townlhend, by whom, who died in 1788, he had ifTue 
three fons and five daughters, viz. 1. William-Barre, died 
May 29, 1782. 2. James-Hamilton, died November 7, 
1806. 3. Henry-Barre, born in 1785. 4. Hannah, born 
in 1775. 5. Barbara, died in 1786. 6. Frances-Ho- 
noria, born September 3, 1777. 7. Anna-Maria, died 
October 11, 1779. 8. Elizabeth, born in 1786. Wil- 
liam-Hamilton, died in infancy ; William, archbifhop of 
Tuam, born in 1743, married Elizabeth Fitzgibbon, 
lifter of John earl of Clare; and by her, who died Au¬ 
guft 24, 1807, has ifTue, 1. Marcus, deceafed. 2. John, 
in holy orders. 3. George De la Poer, in holy orders; 
married Sufan, daughter of Hamilton Gorges, efq. 4. 
William, in holy orders, married, July 19, 1804, lady 
Anne Bennett, daughter of Charles, fourth earlofTan- 
kerville. 5. Catharine, married to the reverend Ar¬ 
thur Prefton. 6 . Araminta, married to Thomas-Bir- 
xningham Daly Sewell, efq. grandfon of Thomas earl of 
Louth. 7. Harriet, married the reverend William 
Armltrong. 8. Frances. 9. Louifa, married to Tho¬ 
mas Hope,, efq. Anne, married to Wiliiam-Annefley, 
vifcount Glerawley ; Jane, married to the right honour¬ 
able Edward Carey, of Dungiven, and died December 
27, 1792; Elizabeth, died young ; Catharine, married, 
fird’, to Thomas Chridmas, efq. of Whitfield, and, 
fecot’dly, the right honourable Theophilus Jones. So- 
_phia, died in 1740; Araminta, born in 1730, married, in 
1755, George-Paul Monk, efq. by whom fhe had ifTue, 
Araminta-Louifa, married to the late reverend Guftavus 
Hume; and both died in May 1805. Frances-Maria, 
Eorn in 1731, married to Henry Flood, efq. who died 
without iflue Decembers, 1791; Elizabeth, born Au¬ 
gud 8, 1736, married Thomas Cobbe, efq. only Ton of 
■Charles Cobbe,-archbilhop of Dublin, and has ifTue, 1. 
Charles, born November 14, 1736. 2. Catharine, mar¬ 
ried to the honourable Henry Pelham, fecond fon of 
Vo&. IX. N0.614, 
LDRY, 631 
Thomas, fird earl of Chichefler. 3. Elizabeth, mar¬ 
ried to fir Henry Tuite, bart. 
His lordfhip, the firft earl of Tyrone, died April 4, 
1763, and was fucceeded by his fon, George De la Poer, 
the firft marquis, who fucceeded his mother, the baro¬ 
nefs De la Poer, July 27, 1769. He was born January 
8, *735 i and married, April 18, 1769, Elizabeth, 
daughter and heir of Henry Monk, efq. of Charlevillc, 
by Ifabella, fecond daughter of Henry, firft cl tike of 
Portland, and by her had ifTue, Marcus lord De la 
Poer, born in 1771, and died in 1783; Henry, the pre- 
fent marquis; John-George, lord bifhop of F.aphoe, 
born November 22, 1773 ; George-Tbomas, born Fe¬ 
bruary 12, 1781, a lieutenant-colonel in the army ; Ifa- 
bella-Anne, born May 28, 1776; Catharine, born Sep¬ 
tember 11, 1777 ; Anne, bdrn July 2 6, 1779; Eliza- 
beth-Louifa, born February 2, 1783. The marquis 
dying December 3, 1800, was fucceeded by bis Ton, 
Henry, (he prefent and fecond marquis'.—The preemp¬ 
tive heir is John-George, lord biftiop of Raphoe, bro¬ 
ther to the marquis. 
Creations. —Baron Beresford and Vifcount of the 
County of Tyrone, November 4, 1720; and Earl of the 
fame County, July 18, 1746; Matquis of Waterford, 
Auguft 1789; Baron Tyrone, in England, Auguft 8, 
17S6. 
Residences. -Curraghmore, in the county of Wa¬ 
terford.—Town-houfe, in Qucen-Anne-ftreet. 
Motto.— Nil niji cruce. —No dependance but in the 
crofs.” 
HILL (ARTHUR-BLUNDELL-SANDYS-TRUM- 
BULL), Marquis of DOWNS HIRE, Earl of Hill f- 
borough, Vifcount Kilwarlin, Vifcount Hillfborough, 
Baron Hill, of Kilwarlin, in Ireland ; Earl of Hillfbo¬ 
rough, Vifcount Fairford, and Baron Harwich, in Eng¬ 
land; Hereditary Conftable of Hillfborough Fort; born 
OTober 8, 1788 ; fucceeded his father, the late mar¬ 
quis, September 7, 1801. 
The family of Hill is of great antiquity in the counties 
of Stafford and Devon. Sir John Hill, in the reign of 
Henry IV. September 30, 1400, was conftituted one of 
the juftices of the'eourt of Common Pleas ; and lir Ro¬ 
bert HiH, bis contemporary, was conftituted, March 14, 
1408, one of the juftices of the court of Common Pleas, 
in which office he was continued by Henry V. and VI. 
Sir Moyles Hill, in the reign of queen Elizabeth, paffed 
over to Ireland, where he diftinguilhed himfelf in the 
fervice of his country ; and was conftituted, April 14, 
1617, provott marfhal of the province of Ulfter. Ar¬ 
thur, his fon, fervid againft the Irilh rebels under the 
authority of Charles I. and afterwards of the parlia¬ 
ment. He fat in the Irilh parliament affembled by- 
Cromwell, to reprefeiit the'three nations of England, 
Scotland, and Ireland,, in 1656, for the counties of 
Down, Antrim, and Armagh. William, his fon, fuffer- 
ed greatly under the fequeftratiorpof James II. in 1689. 
Trevor, his grandfon, was, by George I. created ba¬ 
ron Hill of Kilwarlin, and vifcount Hillfborough of 
Hillfborough, in the kingdom of Ireland. He married 
Mary, daughter of Anthony Row, of Mufwell Hill, in 
the county of Middlefex, efquire; by which lady, who 
died Auguft 22, 1742, he had iflue, Anne, married to 
John Rawdon, earl ofMoira, of the kingdom of Ireland ; 
and Wills, the firft marquis of Downfhire, born May 30. 
1718. Fie fucceeded his father, Trevor, as vifcount 
Hillfborough, May 3, 1742; and was created vifcount 
Kilwarlin, and earl of Hillfborough, in 1751 ; a peer of 
England, by the title of lord Harwich, in 1756; and 
farther advanced to the dignities of earl of Hillfborough, 
and vifcount Fairford, in England, in 1772 ; and mar¬ 
quis of Downfhire, in Ireland, in 1789. The marquis 
married, firft, March 1, 1747, Margaretta Fitzgerald, 
filler of James, firft duke of Leinfter, and daughter of 
Robert, ninetsenth earl of Kildare; by which lady. 
