Richard Gorges (1662–1728)
Richard Gorges may refer to: * Richard Gorges (1662–1728), Anglo-Irish politician * Richard Gorges (Augher MP) (1709–1778), Anglo-Irish politician * Richard Gorges (Leominster MP) (c.1730–1780) * Richard William Howard Gorges (c.1876–1944) Anglo-Irish soldier and criminal * Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Baronet (born Richard Gorges, 1735–1821), Anglo-Irish politician and baronet See also * Richard Georges Richard Georges (born 1982) is the first poet laureate of the British Virgin Islands. He is the current president of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College and a founding editor of MOKO: Caribbean Arts & Letters. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, G ...

Richard Gorges (1662–1728)
Richard Gorges may refer to: * Richard Gorges (1662–1728), Anglo-Irish politician * Richard Gorges (Augher MP) (1709–1778), Anglo-Irish politician * Richard Gorges (Leominster MP) (c.1730–1780) * Richard William Howard Gorges (c.1876–1944) Anglo-Irish soldier and criminal * Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Baronet (born Richard Gorges, 1735–1821), Anglo-Irish politician and baronet See also * Richard Georges Richard Georges (born 1982) is the first poet laureate of the British Virgin Islands. He is the current president of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College and a founding editor of MOKO: Caribbean Arts & Letters. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, G ...

Richard Gorges (Augher MP)
Richard Gorges may refer to: * Richard Gorges (1662–1728), Anglo-Irish politician * Richard Gorges (Augher MP) (1709–1778), Anglo-Irish politician * Richard Gorges (Leominster MP) (c.1730–1780) * Richard William Howard Gorges (c.1876–1944) Anglo-Irish soldier and criminal * Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Baronet (born Richard Gorges, 1735–1821), Anglo-Irish politician and baronet See also * Richard Georges Richard Georges (born 1982) is the first poet laureate of the British Virgin Islands. He is the current president of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College and a founding editor of MOKO: Caribbean Arts & Letters. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, G ...

Richard Gorges (Leominster MP)
Richard Gorges (c.1730-1780) of Eye Court, Herfordshire, was a Member of Parliament for Leominster (UK Parliament constituency), Leominster 1754-61. Origins He was the eldest son of Richard Gorges of Eye by Elizabeth Rodd, a daughter of John Rodd of Hereford. Marriage He married Frances Fettiplace (1735-1800), eldest daughter of Thomas Fettiplace of Swinbrooke, Oxfordshire.Per Monument in Gloucester Cathedral to Frances Gorges References 1780 deaths Year of birth uncertain ...
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Richard William Howard Gorges
Richard William Howard Gorges (c1876-1944) came from an Irish family of Norman descent. He served in the Boer War and was later implicated in the theft of the Irish Crown Jewels. He was never prosecuted for this offence, but was later found guilty of shooting a policeman and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Family Richard William Howard Gorges was from the Irish branch of the Norman Gorges family that had settled in England in the early 13th century. His great-great-grandfather was Gorges Edmond Howard, his great-grandfather was Captain Hamilton Gorges, M.P., of Kilbrew and Ballygowley, and his father was Major John Arthur Howard Gorges. His mother, Mary Kelly, was a published author and poet who was descended from Arthur French of Frenchpark, County Roscommon.The Irish branch of the Gorges family invariably gave their male children the middle name of Howard. South Africa Gorges was born in Boyle, County Roscommon in 1876 and in about 1888 moved to South Africa, where he ...
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Richard Gorges-Meredyth
Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Baronet (7 May 1735 – September 1821) was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet. Born Richard Gorges, son and heir of Hamilton Gorges, MP for Swords. On his marriage in 1775 to Mary, daughter and heir of Arthur Meredyth, he assumed the additional name of Meredyth before that of Gorges.George E Cockayne, The Complete Baronetage Vol V. Page 424. Gorges-Meredyth represented Enniskillen in the Irish House of Commons between 1768 and 1776.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.92 (Retrieved 22 February 2016). In 1787 he was created a Baronet, of Catharines Grove in the Baronetage of Ireland. He sat in the Commons for Naas from 1787 to 1790. He died without male issue, when his title became extinct. He was the grandfather of William Somerville, 1st Baron Athlumney. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorges-Meredyth, Sir Richard, 1st Baronet 1735 birt ...
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