William Gore (bishop)
William Gore DD (died 25 February 1784) was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.[1]
He was born the son of the Right Reverend William Gore, Dean of Down and his wife Honora Prittie.
Previously the Dean of Cashel from 1736 to 1758,[2] he was nominated Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 17 March 1758, consecrated on 16 April of that year; translated to Elphin on 3 March 1762; and finally to Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe on 5 March 1772.[3]
In 1783 he commissioned the building of a Manor House at Old Connaught, near Bray, but in County Dublin. Old Connaught House still exists today as a private and gated development of apartments in and around the Old House.[citation needed]
He died on 25 February 1784. He had married twice, firstly, Mary, daughter of Chidley Coote and secondly, Mary, daughter of William French, with whom he had a son, William, who became an MP.[citation needed]
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- Bishops of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
- Anglican bishops of Elphin
- Bishops of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
- 1784 deaths
- Deans of Cashel
- Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
- 18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
- Irish Anglican bishop stubs