William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech (3 March 1819 – 26 June 1904), was an

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peer and Member of Parliament.

Biography

Lord Harlech was the younger son of William Ormsby-Gore and Mary Jane Ormsby. He was educated at

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and later purchased an Ensigncy in the 53rd Foot. He purchased a Lieutenancy in 1839 and exchanged into the 13th Light Dragoons in 1841, purchasing a

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cy in 1846 and a

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ity in 1852. In the 1841 general election, Ormsby-Gore was elected unopposed as a Conservative Party MP for

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. In the 1852 general election, there was a contest for the seat and he was defeated by a nationalist-inclined Liberal candidate. He returned to Parliament in a by-election on 17 May 1858 as MP for Leitrim, a seat he held until 1876. Ormsby-Gore bought an estate at Derrycarne near

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and went on to rise to high office in the county: he became High Sheriff there for 1857, and was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim in 1878, which he remained until his death. On 14 January 1876, Ormsby-Gore's elder brother

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was created Baron Harlech. As he had no sons, the peerage was created with a special remainder to his younger brother, meaning that he was made heir presumptive of the peerage should the first Baron die without legitimate male heirs. This was an unusual procedure and it was determined at the time that the last such case had been 45 years before. As it happened, the first Baron died on 15 June 1876 and Ormsby-Gore became the second Baron Harlech. Harlech was appointed by the

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to be a Deputy Lieutenant of the county on 22 February 1882.

Marriage and children

Lord Harlech married Lady Emily Charlotte Seymour, daughter of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour and sister of Francis Hugh George Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford, in 1850. They had six children: * Mary Georgina Ormsby-Gore (born 1851, died 28 August 1937), married in 1878

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Sir Alfred Mordaunt Egerton, KCVO, CB (a descendant of the 2nd

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) and had issue. She was

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to The Duchess of Connaught and to Princess Patricia of Connaught * William Seymour Ormsby-Gore (born 27 December 1852, died May 1853) * George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech (born 21 January 1855, died 8 May 1938) *

Henry Arthur Ormsby-Gore (born 18 March 1857, died 12 March 1921) * Emily Ormsby-Gore (born 1859, died 12 Jul 1929), married in 1886 Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue and was the mother of Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue and Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue. * Captain Seymour Fitzroy Ormsby-Gore,

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(born 18 January 1863, died 10 November 1950), unmarried,

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Member of Parliament for Gainsborough between 1900 and 1906.The Peerage, entry for Seymour Ormsby-Gore
/ref> Lord Harlech died on 26 June 1904, aged 85, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest surviving son George.

References

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

External links

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