Lady Clodagh de la Poer Beresford (6 August 1879 – 17 April 1957), was an Anglo-Irish philanthropist, writer and aristocrat.
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| Born | Lady Clodagh de la Poer Beresford 6 August 1879 Westminster, England |
| Died | 17 April 1957 Dungarven, County Waterford |
| Spouse(s) | Claud Anson |
| Father | John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford |
| Mother | Lady Blanche Elizabeth Adelaide Somerset |
Life
editShe was born Clodagh de la Poer Beresford to John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford and Lady Blanche Elizabeth Adelaide Somerset on 6 August 1879. Her parents died before she was adult and she was put into the care of various family who ensured she was properly presented at court. She married Claud Anson, son of Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield, on 27 February 1901. They had three children.[1][2]
When Beresford married she moved to Texas where her husband had a ranch. But she stayed in close contact with Ireland and Britain, returning home often. She returned to Ireland after her eldest daughter was born and left her in Curraghmore for some months. The family soon moved to Ireland where they lived mostly at Ballysaggartmore House until the Irish War of Independence. Beresford moved to London until 1942. In 1931 Beresford published a book of memoirs which went to multiple printings. The purpose of the book was to raise money and awareness of the issue of homelessness. The book gives an insight into the last days of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy in Ireland. Her second book was for the slums of London where she set up and ran a shelter. She called them Book and Another Book. In 1942 Beresford returned to live in Ireland. She died on 17 April 1957 at age 77. Beresford has an epitaph at Ardmore which reads She never failed to help those in trouble.[3][4][5][6][7]
Bibliography
edit- Book: Discreet Memoirs (1931)
- Another Book (1937)
- Victorian Days (1957)
References and sources
edit- ^ Country Life Illustrated. Hudson & Kearns. 1901. p. 295. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Person Page". Main Page. 9 February 1966. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Clodagh, Anson Lady (9 July 2015). "Book Discreet Memoirs : Anson Lady Clodagh". Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Winslow, E.B. (2012). In Those Days. Lulu Com. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-300-05979-0. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Ansons At Ardmore - The Ardmore Journal". Waterford County Museum. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "The History of Ballysaggartmore Towers". The Irish Place. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Hewn, Ambition (7 June 2017). "County Waterford – Page 4 – The Irish Aesthete". The Irish Aesthete. Retrieved 28 September 2019.