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Francis Gore (other)
Francis Gore was a British officer. Francis Gore may also refer to: *Francis Gore (cricketer), English cricketer and British Army officer * Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech (1954–2016), peer in the United Kingdom *Sir Francis Knox-Gore, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Knox-Gore, 1st Baronet (1803 – 25 May 1873) was an Anglo-Irish baronet. Knox-Gore was the son of James Knox-Gore and Lady Maria Louisa Gore, daughter of Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity Coll ... (1803–1873) See also * Frank Gore (born 1983), American football running back {{hndis, Gore, Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Gore
Francis Gore, (1769 – 3 November 1852) was an English military officer and British colonial administrator in Bermuda and Upper Canada. Gore was born in Blackheath, London, England in 1769 the son of Francis Gore and Caroline Beresford. Francis Gore senior was also a soldier and colonial administrator. Gore Sr became a governor of the West Indies in 1763. He had served in the Portuguese campaign of 1761 as aide-de-camp to Queen Charlotte's brother. Gore was commissioned as an ensign into the 44th Foot in 1787 directly from school at Durham, advancing in 1793 to lieutenant. Gore transferred to the 54th Foot in 1794 and the 17th Light Dragoons in 1795. He retired with the rank of major and became Governor of Bermuda from 1805 to 1806, and then Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada from 1806 to 1811. Gore's administration built roads, reorganised the militia and founded schools. Gore was absent on leave during the War of 1812 while military authorities ran Upper Canada. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Gore (cricketer)
Francis William George Gore (22 June 1855 – 17 July 1938) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. The son of the Reverend George Gore and his wife, Frances Anne Rous, he was born in Somerset at Newton St Loe. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. Gore was also a student of the Inner Temple, but was never called to the bar. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket when he played for I Zingari against Yorkshire in the Scarborough Festival of 1881. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by Edmund Peate in the I Zingari first-innings, while in their second-innings of 236 all out he was unbeaten without scoring. He married Lady Constance Grace Milles, the daughter of George Milles, 1st Earl Sondes, in October 1885. He served as the deputy lieutenant of Monmouthshire in 1889–90. Gore later served in the Second Boer War with the North Somerset Yeomanry, holding the rank of lieute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech
Francis David Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech (13 March 1954 – 1 February 2016), was a peer in the United Kingdom. Early life Lord Harlech was born in 1954, the fifth child and second son of David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech, and his wife Sylvia Lloyd Thomas. He was educated at Worth School, a private Catholic school in West Sussex. His mother died in a car crash in 1967. His elder brother Julian committed suicide in 1974, making Ormsby-Gore the heir to the Harlech barony. The sixth baron Harlech eventually succeeded his father in 1985, this is after his father, the fifth baron also died in a car crash. He sat as a Conservative member of the House of Lords until the removal of the hereditary peers in 1999. Harlech lived at Brogyntyn near Oswestry and later at The Mount, Racecourse Road, Oswestry. He also owned Glyn Cywarch in Talsarnau. Personal life In 1986, Harlech married Amanda Jane Grieve, who studied English at Oxford. She was a daughter of solicitor Alan Grieve, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Francis Knox-Gore, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Knox-Gore, 1st Baronet (1803 – 25 May 1873) was an Anglo-Irish baronet. Knox-Gore was the son of James Knox-Gore and Lady Maria Louisa Gore, daughter of Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College Dublin. Knox-Gore was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Sligo on 5 December 1831. In 1840 he served as High Sheriff of Mayo. On 5 December 1868 he was created a baronet, of Belleek Manor in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of E ....Burke, Bernard, Sir. ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire'' (London: Harrison 1869) p.497. He gained the rank of Colonel in the Sligo Rifle Regiment of Militia. He married Sarah Knox was succeeded in his title by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
