Richard Gore (died 1622) was an English merchant adventurer and politician who sat in the

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from 1604 to 1611.

Life

Gore was the son of Gerard Gore, an alderman of the

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. 'Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 168-195. Date accessed: 15 July 2011
/ref> He was auditor from 1601 to 1603. 'Aldermen in Parliament', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 261-297. Date accessed: 15 July 2011
/ref> In 1604, Gore was elected

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and sat until 1611. He was Auditor again from 1606 to 1608. Gore went to live at Hamburg in connection with the merchant adventurers and lived there many years before his death in 1622. Gore was the brother of Sir John Gore, Lord Mayor in 1624/25, and of William Gore, alderman and Sheriff in 1615/16.

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Year of birth missing 16th-century births 1622 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for the City of London English MPs 1604–1611 {{17thC-England-MP-stub