Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran PC (Ire) (1703 – 17 April 1773), known as Sir Arthur Gore, 3rd Baronet from 1741 to 1757 and as Viscount Sudley from 1758 to 1762, was an

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politician. Arran was the son of

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, and Elizabeth Annesley, and was educated at

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. In 1727 he was elected to the

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for Donegal Borough, a seat he held until 1758. He was also

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in 1738 and was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1748. In 1758 he was raised to the

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as Baron Saunders, of Deeps in the County of Wexford, and Viscount Sudley, of Castle Gore in the County of Mayo. In 1762 he was further honoured when he was created Earl of Arran, of the Arran Islands in the County of Galway. This was the third occasion that the title Earl of Arran had been created in the

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(W. Owen, 1790), p. 108 (Retrieved 2 June 2016). His sister Anne married

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in December 1729 and had ten children. Another sister Elizabeth married James Cuffe, and was the mother of seven children including

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. Lord Arran married Jane Saunders, daughter of Richard Saunders (a grandson of the MP Henry Whitfield), in 1731. They had three sons and two daughters. He died in April 1773 and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arran, Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of 1703 births 1773 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Gore, Arthur Gore, Arthur High Sheriffs of Wexford

Earls of Arran (Ireland) Peers of Ireland created by George II