Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Baronet (7 May 1735 – September 1821) was an

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politician and baronet. Born Richard Gorges, son and heir of Hamilton Gorges, MP for Swords. On his marriage in 1775 to Mary, daughter and heir of Arthur Meredyth, he assumed the additional name of Meredyth before that of Gorges.George E Cockayne, The Complete Baronetage Vol V. Page 424. Gorges-Meredyth represented

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in the

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between 1768 and 1776.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.92 (Retrieved 22 February 2016). In 1787 he was created a Baronet, of Catharines Grove in the

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. He sat in the Commons for

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from 1787 to 1790. He died without male issue, when his title became extinct. He was the grandfather of William Somerville, 1st Baron Athlumney.

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