John Prendergast Vereker, 3rd Viscount Gort (1 July 1790 – 20 October 1865), was an

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peer and politician.

Background and education

Gort was the son of

Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (1768 – 11 November 1842), known as Charles Vereker until 1817, was an Irish soldier and politician. Background Gort was the son of Thomas Vereker by Juliana, daughter of C ...

, and his first wife Jane, daughter of Ralph Westropp and Mary Johnson. He was educated at

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Political career

Gort succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for

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in 1817 and held the seat until 1820. Between 1831 and 1832 he served as

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. From June 1865 until his death in October of that year, he sat in the

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as an

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Family

Lord Gort married firstly the Hon. Maria, daughter of

Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore The Rt. Hon. Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore, PC (1766 – 21 April 1840), from Cahir Guillamore, County Limerick, served as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer for Ireland for a number of years. He was created Viscount Guillamore by a ...

and Katherine Waller, on 13 December 1814. They had eleven children who survived infancy, six sons and five daughters, including: *Standish, the eldest surviving son, (1819-1900) * John Prendergast Vereker (1822-1891) who was

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in 1863, *Emily, who married John Francis Basset, of the prominent Cornish

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, *Maria Corinna (died 20 July 1856), who married Colonel Christian Monteith Hamilton and was the mother of General Ian Hamilton and the artist Vereker Monteith Hamilton. After her death in April 1854, he married secondly Elizabeth Mary, daughter of John Jones and widow of George Tudor, MP for

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, in 1861. There were no children from this marriage. Lord Gort died in October 1865, aged 75, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Standish. He was the grandfather of Field Marshal

John Gort, 6th Viscount Gort Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actio ...

. Lady Gort died in October 1880.

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