Alfred Beresford
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Alfred Beresford (1850–1935) was an Anglican priest in Australia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[1]
Beresford was born in Hobart and ordained deacon in 1876 and priest in 1877.[2] His first post was a curacy at St David's Cathedral, Hobart. He served incumbencies at Bothwell and Forth and Launceston.[3] He was known for visiting remote shepherds' huts, scattered in the Lake Country of Tasmania, on foot and on horseback to minister to rural people.[1][4] He was Archdeacon of Launceston from 1907 until 1928.[5]
