Ford Castle had been rebuilt in the 1760s and, in 1859, Louisa, Marchioness of Beresford inherited Ford Estate on the death of her husband, the 3rd Marquess (who in turn, had inherited it from his mother, Susanna, Marchioness of Waterford).
Waterford | Bruce Beresford | County Waterford | Louisa May Alcott | Waterford, Wisconsin | Waterford, Connecticut | William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford | Steve Beresford | Waterford Crystal | Louisa Lawson | Louisa Buck | Waterford Township, Michigan | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | New Waterford, Nova Scotia | Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard | Louisa Ulrika of Prussia | Lismore, County Waterford | Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington | Beresford, South Dakota | William Beresford | Waterford West, Queensland | Waterford West | Waterford, Vermont | Waterford GAA | New Waterford | Meg Beresford | Louisa Stevenson | Louisa MatthÃasdóttir | Louisa, Kentucky | Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford |
In 1842, Lord Waterford married Louisa Stuart, daughter of the 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay, and settled in Curraghmore House in Ireland, and reportedly led an exemplary life, until he died in a horse riding accident in 1859.
Incorporated in the design was carved medieval stonework from the Norman Benedictine Abbey of St Peter at Jumieges and from the Grande Maison des Les Andelys, both of which structures had fallen into disrepair after the French Revolution.