Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet

Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet (c. 1640 – 20 December 1697)^[1] was an Irish soldier and politician.

Gore was the second son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Wycliffe, daughter of Francis Wycliffe.^[2] In 1656, he was High Sheriff of Mayo and additionally High Sheriff of County Galway.^[1] He was appointed constable of for life in August 1660 and in December of that year he became major of a company of foot.^[3] He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1661 and represented Mayo until 1666.^[4] On 10 April 1662, he was created a Baronet, of Newtown, in the County of Mayo.^[1] He served as Sheriff for Mayo again in 1670 and was nominated High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1677.^[1]

Family[]

Gore married Eleanor St George, daughter of Sir George St George (knight of Carrickdrumrusk).^[3] They had seven daughters and four sons.^[5] Gore died in 1697 and was buried at St Muredach's Cathedral, Ballina; his wife survived him until 1713.^[1] His oldest son Paul having predeceased him in 1689, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by the latter's son and thus his grandson Arthur.^[5] His third son sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leitrim and his fourth son George was sometime Attorney General for Ireland and a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland).^[3]

Of his daughters, Anne married Colonel John French of Frenchpark, nicknamed An Tiarna Mór (the Great Lord). They were the great-grandparents of Arthur French, 1st Baron de Freyne. Lettice married William Caulfeild, and Eleanor married Edward Wingfield and was the mother of Richard, 1st Viscount Powerscourt.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cokayne, George Edward (1903). The Complete Baronetage. Vol. vol. III. Exeter: William Pollard and Co. Ltd. p. 316. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 669. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. vol. III. Dublin: James Moore. pp. 110–112. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ "ThePeerage - Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Bt". Retrieved 27 February 2007.
^ ^a ^b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 43. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

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Preceded by	Member of Parliament for Mayo 1661 – 1666	Succeeded by
Baronetage of Ireland
New creation	Baronet (of Newtown) 1662 – 1697	Succeeded by Arthur Gore

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[Cokayne-1] Cokayne, George Edward (1903). The Complete Baronetage. Vol. vol. III. Exeter: William Pollard and Co. Ltd. p. 316. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[Debrett-2] Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 669. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[Lodge-3] Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. vol. III. Dublin: James Moore. pp. 110–112. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[4] "ThePeerage - Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Bt". Retrieved 27 February 2007.

[Burke-5] Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 43. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

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