Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet ( – 20 December 1697) was an Irish soldier and politician.

Early life

Gore was the second son of

Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet (1567 – September 1629) was an Anglo-Irish politician, soldier and baronet. Born in London, he was the eldest son of Gerard Gore and his wife Helen Davenant, daughter of Ralph Davenant. Gore had come to Ireland as ...

and his wife Isabella Wycliffe, daughter of Francis Wycliffe.

Career

In 1656, he was

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and additionally High Sheriff of County Galway. He was appointed constable of Fort Falkland for life in August 1660 and in December of that year he became major of a company of foot. He entered the

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in 1661 and represented

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until 1666. On 10 April 1662, he was created a Baronet, of Newtown, in the County of Mayo. He served as Sheriff for Mayo again in 1670 and was nominated High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1677.

Personal life

Gore married Elinor St George (occasionally spelt Eleanor in imprecise pedigrees), daughter of Sir George St George (knight of Carrickdrumrusk). They had seven daughters and four sons. Of his daughters, Anne married Colonel John French of

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, nicknamed ''An

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Mór'' (the Great Lord). They were the great-grandparents of

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. Lettice married William Caulfeild, and Eleanor married Edward Wingfield and was the mother of Richard, 1st Viscount Powerscourt. Gore died in 1697 and was buried at St Muredach's Cathedral, Ballina; his wife survived him until 1713. His oldest son Paul having predeceased him in 1689, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by the latter's son and thus his grandson

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. His third son

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sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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and his fourth son

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was sometime

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and a judge of the

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References

1640s births 1697 deaths Politicians from County Mayo Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland High sheriffs of County Galway High sheriffs of Mayo Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Mayo constituencies Irish MPs 1661–1666 Younger sons of baronets

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