Arthur Beresford, 6th Baron Decies
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15 April 1915
The Lord Decies | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur George Marcus Douglas de la Poer Beresford 15 April 1915 |
| Died | 7 November 1992 (aged 77) |
| Spouse(s) |
Ann Trevor
(m. 1937; died 1945)Diana Turner-Cain Galsworthy
(m. 1945; died 1992) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies Helen Vivien Gould |
Arthur George Marcus Douglas de la Poer Beresford, 6th Baron Decies DFC (15 April 1915 – 7 November 1992) was an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer and soldier.[1]
Beresford was born on 15 April 1915. He was the youngest of three children born to John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies (1866–1944),[2] aide-de-camp to the Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and Helen Vivien Gould (1893–1931). From his parents marriage, he had two older sisters, Eileen Vivian de la Poer Horsley-Beresford and Catherine Moya Beresford. After his mother's death in 1931,[3] his father married another American heiress, Elizabeth Wharton Drexel (widow of society leader Harry Lehr),[4] in 1936.[5]
His paternal grandparents were William Beresford, 3rd Baron Decies and the former Catherine Anne Dent. His maternal grandparents were American railroad tycoon George Jay Gould I and, his wife, former actress Edith Kingdon.[3][6][7] Among his extended family were uncles William Beresford, 4th Baron Decies and cricketer Seton Beresford, and aunt Hon. Catherine Beresford (who married Edward J. M. Lumb). From his mother's side, his aunts and uncles included Kingdon Gould I, Marjorie Gwynne Gould, Jay Gould II, Edith Catherine Gould, and Gloria Gould.[8]