From a copybook in the Bunbury Papers. (PPP)
Death of Capt. Denis William Patrick
Pack-Beresford Esq. D.L., J.P.
of Fenagh House, Carlow.
-
- Born: 7 July 1818, Died: 28 December 1881
The death of Capt. Denis Pack-Beresford
took place last week at his residence Fenagh House,
Carlow. We regret having to add his name to the obituary
list of this year the death of the above estimable
gentleman, which took place, rather suddenly, on
Wednesday night last. He had been suffering from an
acute attack of gout which he appeared to have
surmounted; but that dread enemy was only momentarily
baffled, for, it returned on the morning of Wednesday
last, and put a sudden termination to the life of this
widely-known and popular gentleman.
He succumbed to an
attack of apoplexy shortly before mid-night. He was the
second son of the distinguished Peninsular officer, the
late Major-General Sir Denis Pack, K.C.B. (who five
times received the thanks of Parliament for his military
services), his mother was the Lady Elizabeth Louisa la
Poer Beresford daughter of George , First Marquis of
Waterford. Denis was born on the 7th July 1818 and
assumed, by Royal License, the additional name of
Beresford in March 1854, in compliance with the will of
his godfather and relative William Carr, Field Marshal
Viscount Beresford, G.C.B. by virtue of which he had
succeeded to that nobleman's estates in Carlow. In 1858
he was appointed Deputy-Lieutenant and Justice of the
Peace and served the office of High Sheriff for Carlow
county.
In 1862 on the retirement of Capt. W.K.
McClintock Bunbury he was elected Member of Parliament
for Carlow in the Conservative interest, he was
re-chosen at the General Election of 1865. On the 12th
February 1863 he married Annette Caroline, only daughter
of Robert Clayton Browne, Esq. D.L. of Browne's Hill by
whom he leaves a youthful family of seven sons and two
daughters.
Capt. Denis Pack-Beresford was educated at
the Royal Academy, Wollwich, he received his commission
in 1836 and commenced his career in the Royal Artillery.
On the breaking out of the Crimean War he volunteered
for active service and was appointed extra aide-de-camp
to General Cator and accompanied that officer to the
East. On his return to Carlow he retired from the
service to devote himself to the duties of his property
as resident landlord. In every relation of life he was
highly esteemed and his loss as an improving resident
landlord, a liberal employer and generous benefactor of
the poor, will be long and severely felt and especially
in the locality of Fenagh, which he raised from a
condition of wretchedness to comfort and prosperity.
Like most country gentlemen, the deceased was an active
votary of all field sports, and in the racing world was
well known on both sides of the St. George's Channel.
The remains of this lamented gentleman
were interred in Lorum churchyard. The funeral which
left Fenagh House shortly after noon was one of the
largest that has taken place in the county for many
years, the immense gathering, composed of men of all
classes and creeds. Following a portion of the solemn
funeral service held in Fenagh House which was read by
the Rev. T.G.J. Phillips, Rector of Fenagh, the mournful
cortege which extended fully a mile proceeded to Lorum,
which was reached about two-clock.
The coffin was
brought into the church where the service was read by
the Very Rev. the Dean of Leighlin and the Rev. Canon
Finlay. The remains were encased in a suit of three
coffins, the outer one of polished oak with gilt
mountings, and bearing the simple inscription of the
name, age, and date of death.
It was laden with wreaths and
immortelles, prepared by loving hands and placed there
by relatives present and others were sent by the
following, who were unable to attend:- Mr and Mrs
Clayton-Browne, Mrs William Clayton-Browne, Lady Burton,
Mrs Reynell Pack, Mrs Arthur Elliott, Mrs James Anson
Farren, Sir William Reynell Anson, Algernon H. Anson,
Esq. R,N. (nephews) Miss Ada Newton and Mrs William
Vesey.
The above is a true and
accurate transcript of the original document.
Transcribed by Jean Casey, January
2010
Please report any images or broken links which do not open to
mjbrennan30@gmail.com
- The information contained in these
pages is provided solely for the purpose of sharing with
others researching their ancestors in Ireland.
- © 2001 County
Carlow Irish Genealogy Project. IGP
TOP OF PAGE