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Birth1 Jul 1791, Ripon, N Yorks
Baptism4 Jul 1791, Ripon Cathedral, N Yorks
Deathca May 1847, Islington district, London
GeneralOf Brailes, Warwicks. A Cleric.
Notes for Rev Hamilton Sydney Beresford
His baptism:

First name(s)           Hamilton Sydney
Last name               Beresford
Birth year              1791
Birth date              01 Jul 1791
Baptism year            1791
Baptism date            04 Jul 1791
Baptism place           Ripon, Cathedral
Denomination            Anglican
Father's first name(s)  Revd Benjamin
Mother's first name(s)  -
County                  Yorkshire (West Riding)
Country                 England
Archive reference       N-PR-RI-1-13
Archive                 North Yorkshire County Record Office
Record set              Yorkshire Baptisms
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His death index:

Name:                         Age at Death (in years):  

BERESFORD, HAMILTON SYDNEY    55  
GRO Reference: 1847  J Quarter in THE ISLINGTON DISTRICT  Volume 03  Page 165
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Will notes for Rev Hamilton Sydney Beresford
Hiw will was proved on 27th July 1847 at London “by the oath of Louisa Beresford widow the Relict one of the surviving executors to whome Admon was granted …”

The will was signed on 1 September 1836.

He introduced his will with: “This is the last Will and Testament of me The Reverend Hamilton Sydney Bweresford of Bewles (?) in the County of Warwick Clerk…”

He listed:

1. His previous wife Elizabeth
2. His son Benjamin,
3. His two daughters Sydney and Georgine Sophia
4. His friend William Pearl,
5. John Williamson

and a host of relations invovled in complex shared holdings.


(And I really had difficulty readin the poor copy from the TNA and have given up trying to work out what it all means!)
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It looks like his previosu wife was Elizabeth hamilton Rowan.  But no marriage found (yet).  Possibly married in Ireland.
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Notes for Hamilton Sydney & Louisa (Family)
Their marriage licence:

First name(s) LOUISA
Last name BROWN
Licence year 1836
Licence date 26 May 1836
New calender date 26 May 1836
Bride's first name(s) Louisa
Bride's last name BROWN
Groom's first name(s) Hamilton Sydney
Groom's last name BERESFORD
Place Dioceses of England & Wales
Record set Faculty Office Marriage Licences
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Their marriage:

First name(s) Louisa
Last name Brown
Name note -
Marriage year 1836
Marriage date 1836
Marriage place Bolney
Spouse's first name(s) Hamilton Sydney
Spouse's last name Beresford
Residence Bolney, Sussex, England
County Sussex
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
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Ancestry confirms the above but does not have an image of the parish register.
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FindMyPast has this newpaper report in the Worcester Herald of 11 June 1836, p.4:

“MARRIED.—
. . . .
“At Bolney, Sussex, the Rev Hamilton Sydney Beresford, of Brailew, Warwickshire, to Louisa, daughter of the late G. Brown Esq, of Warwick Square”
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