Constellation Similarity Assertions

Marcus Gervais Beresford (1801-1885) was the second son of George De La Poer Beresford, Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh, 1802-1841. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge, 1821-1824, and was thereafter Rector of Kildallon, Co. Cavan (1824-1827), Vicar of Drung and Larah (1827-1839), Archdeacon of Ardagh (1839-1854), Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh (1854-1862), and Archbishop of Armagh and Primate (1862-1885). Beresford was Primate at the time of Disestablishment of the Irish Church (1871), and led negotiations for the terms and constitution of the Irish Church.

From the guide to the Marcus Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh: Correspondence and Papers, c. 1810-1885, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)