Marcus de la Poer Beresford

Marshal William Carr Beresford


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      MARSHAL WILLIAM

      CARR BERESFORD

      Marcus de la Poer Beresford read history at Trinity College Dublin, before qualifying as a lawyer. Marcus retired from legal practice in 2010 after three decades as a partner in the Dublin firm of A & L Goodbody in order to return to his first love, history. His earlier research and postgraduate thesis focused on Ireland in the eighteenth century and the Irish diaspora following the Treaty of Limerick in 1691. He is a distant relative of William Carr Beresford.

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      MARSHAL WILLIAM

      CARR BERESFORD

      ‘The ablest man I have yet seen with the army’

      MARCUS DE LA POER BERESFORD

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      First published in 2019 by

      Irish Academic Press

      10 George’s Street

      Newbridge

      Co. Kildare

      Ireland

       www.iap.ie

      © Marcus de la Poer Beresford, 2019

      9781788550321 (Cloth)

      9781788550338 (Kindle)

      9781788550345 (Epub)

      9781788550352 (PDF)

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      Jacket front: Marshal Beresford by Thomas Lawrence. By kind permission of Historic England.

      Jacket back: Marshal Beresford unhorsing a Polish lancer at the Battle of Albuera, 16 May 1811, by Franz Joseph Manskirch, engraved by M. Dubourg. Author’s own collection.

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      CONTENTS

       De la Poer Beresford Family Tree

       Abbreviations

       Introduction

       1. The Early Years

       2. The Capture of the Cape Colony and the Rio de la Plata Expedition of 1806–1807

       3. Madeira, 1807–1808

       4. The Defeat of the First French Invasion of Portugal and the Convention of Cintra, 1808

       5. Portugal and Spain: From Lisbon to La Coruña, 1808–1809

       6. First Steps in the Rebuilding and Reform of an Army: The Campaign in Northern Portugal, 1809

       7. Continuing Reform of the Portuguese Army: The Summer Campaign of 1809 and Preparations for the Defence of Portugal

       8. The Portuguese Army, 1809–1810

       9. The Third French Invasion of Portugal, 1810–1811

       10. The French Retreat from Portugal, March–May 1811

       11. The Battle of Albuera and its Aftermath, May–June 1811

       12. The Portuguese Army Goes From Strength to Strength, 1811–1812

       13. Preparation for and Participation in the Campaign of 1813, Leading to the Invasion of France

       14. Winter in the Pyrénées: The Battles of Orthez and Toulouse, 1814

       15. Family, Friends, Finance and Politics

       16. Beresford’s Contribution to Allied Success in the Peninsula

       17. Portugal and Brazil, 1814–1820

       Brief Chronology of the Wars with France, 1793–1814

       Definitive Convention for the Evacuation of Portugal by the French Army

       Endnotes

       Manuscript Sources

       Bibliography

       Index

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AHM Arquivo Historico Militar
AMM Arquivo Municipal de Mafra
BL British Library
HMC Historical Manuscripts Commission
NA National Archives, Kew
NAM National Army Museum
NLI National Library of Ireland
NYA North Yorkshire Archives
PRONI Public Record Office Northern Ireland
TCD Trinity College Dublin Library
TT Torre do Tombo, Lisbon
USL University of Southampton Library
WD The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington