Philip Yorke Gore, 4th Earl of Arran (23 November 1801 – 25 June 1884), known as Philip Gore until 1837, was an
Anglo-Irish
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peer and diplomat.
Born at
Dublin Castle
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Until 1922 it was the se ...
, Arran was the eldest son of Colonel the Hon. William John Gore, second son of
Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran, and his wife Caroline, daughter of
Sir Thomas Hales, 4th Baronet.
In 1820 Gore was sent as
attaché to the British embassy in
Stockholm
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, was transferred to Paris in 1825 and to
Lisbon
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a year later.
[ In 1828 he was promoted to secretary of ]legation
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in Buenos Aires
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chargé d'affaires
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'' 1832–34. He succeeded his uncle Arthur as earl in 1837 and was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick
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in 1841.
Lord Arran married Elizabeth Marianne Napier, second daughter of Sir William Francis Patrick Napier
General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier KCB (7 December 178512 February 1860) was a British soldier in the British Army and a military historian.
Early life
Napier was born at Celbridge, County Kildare, the third son of Colonel George Napier ...
, in 1838.[ They had two sons and three daughters. He died in June 1884, aged 82, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Arthur. Lady Arran died in 1899.
]
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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www.thepeerage.com
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1801 births
1884 deaths
Knights of St Patrick
Philip
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Earls of Arran (Ireland)