Henry Gore, 1st Baron Annaly (8 March 1728 – 5 June 1793) was an

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politician and peer. Gore was the third son of

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and Bridget Sankey. One of his elder brothers was John Gore, who was created

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(first creation) in 1766. Between 1758 and 1760, Gore was the

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for Longford County in the

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. He then represented Lanesborough between 1761 and 1768, before sitting again for Longford County from 1768 and 1789.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.91. Retrieved 23 January 2023. He was

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in 1765 and held the office of Examiner of Customs in 1770. On 23 September 1789, he was created Baron Annaly, of Tenelick in the

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, a revival of the title created for his deceased brother, and assumed his seat in the

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. He married Mary Smyth, daughter of Skeffington Randal Smyth and Mary Moore, on 4 August 1764. He died without children in 1793, at which point his title became extinct.

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