Sir Henry Campbell de la Poer Beresford-Peirse, 5th Baronet, CB, FRSE (24 April 1905 – 11 August 1972) was a British civil servant.

Born on 24 April 1905, he was the son of Sir Henry Bernard de la Poer Beresford-Peirse, 4th Baronet (1875–1949), and his wife Lady Mabel Marjorie Campbell (1876–1966) daughter of Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor. After attending Eton College, he studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating in 1927 with a BA and in 1929 with a BSc in forestry.Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed. (Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), vol. 1, p. 346. He inherited the baronetcy including the family seat Bedale Hall from his father in 1949."Sir H. Beresford-Peirse", The Times (London), 15 August 1972, p. 12. .

Beresford-Peirse entered the Forestry Commission in 1931 as a district officer.The London Gazette, 6 February 1931 (issue 33687), p. 841. After serving in the Second World War,"Beresford-Peirse, Sir Henry (Campbell de la Poer)", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2021). Retrieved 4 February 2022. he was appointed Director of Forestry for Scotland in 1947 (succeeding Arthur Gosling);"Forestry Appointments", The Times (London), 29 April 1947, p. 2. . he served in that office until 1953, when he succeeded W. H. Guillebaud as Deputy Director-General of the Forestry Commission (he was succeeded by A. H. H. Ross in Scotland)."Director of Forestry for Scotland", The Times, 26 March 1953, p. 3. .Thirty-Fourth Annual Report of the Forestry Commissioners for the Year Ended September 30th 1953 (London: HMSO, 1953), p. 22. From 1960 to 1962, he was seconded as Deputy Director of the Forestry Division of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (with James Macdonald acting for him at the Forestry Commission in his absence)."To F.A.O. from Forestry Commission", The Times, 12 December 1959, p. 4. . In 1962, he was appointed Director-General of the Forestry Commission, succeeding Sir Arthur Gosling."Forestry Commission's New Chief", The Times, 17 January 1962, p. 4. . Macdonald took over his position as Deputy Director-General."Mr. J. Macdonald", The Times (London), 29 April 1963, p. 14. . In 1965, Beresford-Peirse was also appointed Deputy Chairman of the Commission, holding both offices until he retired in 1968. He died on 11 August 1972 and his baronetcy was inherited by his son, Henry. He had been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1957 New Year HonoursThe London Gazette, 1 January 1957 (supplement, issue 40960), p. 4. and received the Gold Medal of the Royal Forestry Society in 1963. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 1952.Former RSE Fellows, 1783–2002 (Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh), p. 137.

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