Denis Pack-Beresford (MP)


Denis William Pack-Beresford, known as Denis William Pack until 1854, was an Irish Conservative Party politician.

Early life and family

Pack was the son of decorated military officer Denis Pack and Elizabeth Louisa Beresford. In early life, Pack was a Captain of the Royal Artillery. Upon inheriting estates from his uncle, General William Carr Beresford, in 1854, he also inherited the arms of Beresford, and assumed the additional surname. In 1856, he became a High Sheriff.
Pack-Beresford then married Annette Caroline Browne, daughter of Robert Clayton Browne and Harriette Augusta Hamilton, in 1863. Together, they had nine children:
He was elected as on eof the two Members of Parliament for Carlow County at a by-election in 1862 and held the seat until standing down at the 1868 general election.

Later life

In later life, Pack-Beresford was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace.