Seton Beresford

Seton Robert de la Poer Horsley Beresford (25 July 1868 – 28 May 1928) was an Irish-born first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Gentlemen in 1909 and 1910.[1][2] He was born at Leixlip, County Kildare in Ireland and died at Cap d'Ail in France.

Beresford was the third son of the third Baron Decies; his two older brothers both succeeded to the peerage. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[3] In the Second Boer War he was a special correspondent and was the first man to enter Kimberley and notify Cecil Rhodes of the approach of the relief force.[3]

As a sportsman, Beresford played in eight first-class cricket matches; earlier he had played ice hockey for the All-England team and won the world championship for trap shooting at Monte Carlo for four years from 1901.[3]