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Philip Yorke Gore, 4th Earl of Arran (23 November 1801 – 25 June 1884), known as Philip Gore until 1837, was an
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peer and diplomat. Born at
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, Arran was the eldest son of Colonel the Hon. William John Gore, second son 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 el ...
, and his wife Caroline, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, 4th Baronet. In 1820 Gore was sent as
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to the British embassy in
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, was transferred to Paris in 1825 and to
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a year later. In 1828 he was promoted to secretary of
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in
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where he was ''
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'' 1832–34. He succeeded his uncle
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as earl in 1837 and was made a Knight of the
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in 1841. Lord Arran married Elizabeth Marianne Napier, second daughter of Sir
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, in 1838. They had two sons and three daughters. He died in June 1884, aged 82, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son
Arthur Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Ital ...
. Lady Arran died in 1899. He owned 36,000 acres in Mayo and Donegal.The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *
www.thepeerage.com
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