Randal Beresford

Sir Randal Beresford, 2nd Baronet (died 19 October 1681) was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet.

Early life He was the son of Sir Tristam Beresford, 1st Baronet and his first wife Anne Rowley, daughter of John Rowley of Castleroe, County Londonderry, the first Mayor of Derry, and Mary Gage. His paternal grandparents were Tristram Beresford, who was from Kent before settling in Ireland, and his wife Susannah Brooke.

Sir Tristam Beresford, 3rd Baronet (1669–1701), who married Hon. Nichola Sophia Hamilton, youngest daughter of Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount of Glenawly, in 1687. Catherine Beresford, who married Matthew Pennefather, MP for Cashel, son of Matthew Pennefather, in 1697. Jane Beresford (d. 1716), who married Lt.-Gen. Frederick Hamilton, son of Archibald Hamilton (himself a son of Robert Hamilton, 7th of Fairholm and of Milburne).

Descendants Through his daughter Catherine, he was a grandfather of Elizabeth Pennefather (–1736/7), who married Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim.