Arthur Saunders William Charles Fox Gore, 5th Earl of Arran, (6 January 1839 – 14 March 1901), styled Viscount Sudley from 1839 to 1884, was an

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peer and diplomat.

Early life

Arran was the eldest son of

Philip Yorke Gore, 4th Earl of Arran Philip Yorke Gore, 4th Earl of Arran (23 November 1801 – 25 June 1884), known as Philip Gore until 1837, was an Anglo-Irish peer and diplomat. Born at Dublin Castle, Arran was the eldest son of Colonel the Hon. William John Gore, second son ...

, and Elizabeth Marianne Napier, daughter of General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, . His mother was doubly descended from the 2nd Duke of Richmond, a grandson of Charles II.

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(repr. 1999). Vol. 1. p. 114. He was educated at

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, and subsequently entered the diplomatic service.

Diplomatic and public career

He was appointed

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in 1863. He was an Attaché at the British embassies in

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and

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as well as a Special Commissioner for Income Tax from 1865 to 1881 and a Commissioner of Customs from 1883 to 1884. In 1884 he succeeded his father as fifth Earl of Arran but as this was an

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it did not entitle him to a seat in the

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. However, later the same year he was created Baron Sudley, of Castle Gore in the County of Mayo, in the

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, which gave him an automatic seat in the upper chamber of Parliament. He later served as Lord Lieutenant of County Mayo from 1889 to 1901 and was made a

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in 1898.

Family

Lord Arran married, firstly in 1865, Honourable Edith Elizabeth Henrietta Jocelyn (1845–1871), daughter of

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. They had one son and three daughters before she died early in 1871. Among the children were: * Lady Mabell Frances Elizabeth Gore (1866–1956), married

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on 19 January 1886, and had issue *Lady Cicely Alice Gore (1867–1955), married

James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, (23 October 1861 – 4 April 1947), known as Viscount Cranborne from 1868 to 1903, was a British politician. Background and education Born in London, Salisbury was the eldest son ...

on 17 May 1887, and had issue * Arthur Gore, 6th Earl of Arran (1868–1958), married Mathilde van Kattendijke on 16 August 1902, and had issue; remarried Lilian Quick on 17 December 1929. *Lady Esther Georgiana Caroline Gore (1870–1955), married

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on 26 July 1894, and had issue Twenty years after his first wife's death, Lord Arran remarried, in 1889, Winifred Ellen Reilly, daughter of John Reilly, and widow of the Hon. John Montagu Stopford. She was formerly a

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. They had one daughter: *Lady Winifred Helene Lettice Gore (1891–1958) Lord Arran died at his home in

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on 14 March 1901, aged 62, and was succeeded in his titles by his only son

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. Lady Arran died in 1921.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arran, Arthur Gore, 5th Earl Of 1839 births 1901 deaths People educated at Eton College Knights of St Patrick Lord-lieutenants of Mayo High sheriffs of Donegal

Earls of Arran (Ireland) Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria