Possible Clues:

• Older
• Senior person in Daniel Deronda
• ___ statesman (retired politician)
• Senior to exhibit part of red letter upside down
• Going further back from the tree
• Sounds as one might bury one that's getting on in years and be fruity
• Shrub removed from nursery long ago?
• Official source of berries
• Church VIP
• It¿s about going back over Longford direction with top man