John Prendergast Vereker, 3rd Viscount Gort (1 July 1790 – 20 October 1865), was an Irish peer and politician.

Background and education

Gort was the son of

Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort PC (Ire) (1768 – 11 November 1842), known as Charles Vereker until 1817, was an Irish soldier and politician. Background Gort was the son of Thomas Vereker by Juliana, daughter of Charles Smyth and sister o ...

, and his first wife Jane, daughter of Ralph Westropp and Mary Johnson. He was educated at Harrow.

Political career

Gort succeeded his father as

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for

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in 1817 and held the seat until 1820. Between 1831 and 1832 he served as

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. From June 1865 until his death in October of that year, he sat in the

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as an

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Family

Lord Gort married firstly the Hon. Maria, daughter of

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and Katherine Waller, on 13 December 1814. They had eleven children who survived infancy, six sons and five daughters, including: *Standish, the eldest surviving son, (1819-1900) * John Prendergast Vereker (1822-1891) who was

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in 1863, *Emily, who married John Francis Basset, of the prominent Cornish

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, *Maria Corinna (died 20 July 1856), who married Colonel Christian Monteith Hamilton and was the mother of General Ian Hamilton and the artist

Vereker Monteith Hamilton Vereker Monteith Hamilton (14 February 1856 – 1931 Cowden, Kent) was a Scottish artist of military and historical works. He was born in Hafton, Argyll a son of Lieut. Col. Christian Monteith Hamilton of the 92nd Highlanders, and brother of ...

. After her death in April 1854, he married secondly Elizabeth Mary, daughter of John Jones and widow of George Tudor, MP for

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, in 1861. There were no children from this marriage. Lord Gort died in October 1865, aged 75, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Standish. He was the grandfather of Field Marshal John Gort, 6th Viscount Gort. Lady Gort died in October 1880.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gort, John Vereker, 3rd Viscount 1790 births 1865 deaths Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Politicians from County Galway Irish representative peers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Limerick constituencies (1801–1922) Mayors of Limerick (city) People educated at Harrow School UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs who inherited peerages