Sir Francis Knox-Gore, 1st Baronet (1803 – 25 May 1873) was an

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baronet. Knox-Gore was the son of James Knox-Gore and Lady Maria Louisa Gore, daughter of

Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran KP, PC (Ire) (25 July 1734 – 8 October 1809) styled The Honourable Arthur Gore from 1758 to 1762 and Viscount Sudley from 1762 to 1773, was an Irish peer and politician. Early life Arran was the eldest ...

. He was educated at

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and

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. Knox-Gore was appointed

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on 5 December 1831. In 1840 he served as

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. On 5 December 1868 he was created a

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, of Belleek Manor in the

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.Burke, Bernard, Sir. ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire'' (London: Harrison 1869) p.497. He gained the rank of Colonel in the Sligo Rifle Regiment of Militia. He married Sarah Knox was succeeded in his title by his eldest son, Charles.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Knox-Gore, Francis, 1st Baronet 1803 births 1873 deaths 19th-century Anglo-Irish people Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High Sheriffs of Mayo Lord-Lieutenants of Sligo People educated at Eton College