Arthur George Marcus Douglas de la Poer Beresford, 6th Baron Decies

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.

Early life

Beresford was born on 15 April 1915. He was the youngest of three children born to John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies (1866–1944), 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, his father married another American heiress, Elizabeth Wharton Drexel (widow of society leader Harry Lehr), in 1936.

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. 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.

Career Upon the death of his father, he inherited his father's titles and became Baron Decies. during the squadron's final resupply mission in support of Operation Market Garden. It was for this action in support of American troops that he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Personal life On 27 October 1937, Beresford married Ann Trevor in London, England. Ann, a daughter of Sidney Walter Trevor, died on 28 March 1945. They had no children.

Lord Decies died on 7 November 1992 at King's Lynn, Norfolk.