William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford

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The Viscount Beresford
Portrait of Lord Beresford by William Beechey, 1815
Born	2 October 1768 (1768-10-02) Bedgebury Cross, Kent, England
Died	8 January 1854 (1854-01-09) (aged 85) Kilndown, Kent, England
Buried	Christ Church, Kilndown 51°05′27″N 0°25′37″E / 51.090735°N 0.426909°E / 51.090735; 0.426909 (Christ Church)
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain  British Empire  Kingdom of Portugal
Service / branch	Army
Years of service	1785–1830
Rank	General (UK) Field marshal (Portugal)
Commands	Master-General of the Ordnance
Battles / wars	War of the First Coalition The Egyptian Campaign British invasions of the River Plate Peninsular War
Other work	Governor of Jersey Governor of Royal Military Academy

William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, GCB, GCH, PC (/ˈkɑːr ˈbɛrɪsfərd/; 2 October 1768 – 8 January 1854) was a British army officer 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 the First Wellington ministry. He led the 1806 failed British invasion of Buenos Aires.