Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Baronet (25 June 1722 – 25 September 1746) was an

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politician and baronet. Born St George Gore, he was oldest son of

Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet (c. 1675 – 23 February 1733) was a Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. He is now chiefly remembered for building Belle Isle Castle. The Gore Baronetcy, of Magherabegg in the County of Donegal, was created in the ...

and his second wife Elizabeth Ashe, daughter of

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. In 1733, he succeeded his father as baronet. He assumed the additional surname of St George to inherit the estates of his maternal grandfather, whose only son had died without issue in 1721. Gore-St George represented

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in the

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from 1741 until his death in 1746. He was also appointed

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in 1746.

Marriage and succession

On 22 September 1743, he married Anne Burton, only daughter of Francis Burton and sister of

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. Gore-St George died without children, aged only 24, and was succeeded in the

baronetcy A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

by his younger brother

Ralph Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

. He was buried at Castletown, County Kildare.

References

1722 births 1746 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies High Sheriffs of County Fermanagh

Saint George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

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