Peerage Record – 3252

     Lt.-Col. Kennedy de la Poer Beresford was born on 25 January 1862.² He was the son of Major Henry Marcus Beresford and Julia Ellen Maunsell.² He married, firstly, Grace des Barres, daughter of Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet des Barres and Charlotte Helena Anne Chatterton, on 7 March 1894.² He married, secondly, Rose Miriam Molesworth, daughter of Lt.-Col. Anthony Oliver Molesworth and Anne Elizabeth Smith, on 29 January 1935.¹ He died on 25 April 1943 at age 81.²
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Irish Rifles.² He lived at Charlton Lodge, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England^G.²

     Grace des Barres was born in 1876.² She was the daughter of Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet des Barres and Charlotte Helena Anne Chatterton.² She married Lt.-Col. Kennedy de la Poer Beresford, son of Major Henry Marcus Beresford and Julia Ellen Maunsell, on 7 March 1894.¹ She died on 15 September 1931.¹
     Her married name became Beresford.

     Rose Miriam Molesworth was born circa 1877 at Scotland^G.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Anthony Oliver Molesworth and Anne Elizabeth Smith.³ She married Lt.-Col. Kennedy de la Poer Beresford, son of Major Henry Marcus Beresford and Julia Ellen Maunsell, on 29 January 1935.¹ She died on 27 November 1951.¹
     From 29 January 1935, her married name became Beresford.

     Lt.-Col. Anthony Oliver Molesworth was born on 14 August 1839 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England^G.^2,3 He was the son of Anthony Oliver Molesworth and Grace John Crofton.² He married Anne Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Major William Hope Smith, on 23 March 1865.² He died on 11 March 1917 at age 77.²
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery.³ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery.²

     Anne Elizabeth Smith was born in 1842 at Scotland^G.² She was the daughter of Major William Hope Smith.³ She married Lt.-Col. Anthony Oliver Molesworth, son of Anthony Oliver Molesworth and Grace John Crofton, on 23 March 1865.¹ She died on 13 April 1910.¹
     Her married name became Molesworth.

     Major William Hope Smith lived at Cruicksfield, Berwickshire, Scotland^G.¹ He was in the Honourable East India Company Service.¹

     Lt.-Col. Gervais de la Poer Beresford was born on 29 November 1895.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Kennedy de la Poer Beresford and Grace des Barres.¹ He married, firstly, Nada Celina Wormald, daughter of Harry L. Wormald, on 1 June 1927.¹ He married, secondly, Rosemary Helen Arnaud Painter, daughter of Lt.-Col. G. E. Painter, on 4 April 1957.¹ He died in 1979 at Dorset, England.²
     He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (D.S.M.) U.S.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Engineers.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Staff Officer between 1939 and 1944 in the Royal Engineers, Western Command HQ.¹ He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1942.¹ He was Liaison Officer, Belgian Forces in Belgium, Holland and Germany between 1944 and 1945.¹ He was British Resident for Brunswick, Holzminden and Emden-Leek with teh ACCG between 1945 and 1952.¹

     Nada Celina Wormald was the daughter of Harry L. Wormald.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Gervais de la Poer Beresford, son of Lt.-Col. Kennedy de la Poer Beresford and Grace des Barres, on 1 June 1927.¹ She died on 2 March 1956.¹
     Her married name became Beresford.

     Harry L. Wormald died before 1963.

     Michael Marcus Gervais de la Poer Beresford was born on 8 August 1928.¹ He is the son of Lt.-Col. Gervais de la Poer Beresford and Nada Celina Wormald.¹ He married Ann Veronica Nieburg in 1975.¹
     He was educated at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.¹ He graduated from Birmingham University, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant between 1948 and 1949 in the 8th Hussars.¹ He graduated from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)¹