Arthur Gore PC (1703 - 1773)

Born 1703 in Newtongore, Mayo, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Saunders) Gore — married 16 Mar 1731 in Dublin, Ireland

Descendants

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Sir Arthur Gore was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran PC (Ire) was an Irish politician., the son of Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet, and Elizabeth Annesley, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Lord Arran married Jane Saunders, daughter of Richard Saunders, in 1731. They had three sons and two daughters.

In 1727 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Donegal Borough, a seat he held until 1758. He was also High Sheriff of Wexford in 1738 and was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1748.

In 1758 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Saunders, of Deeps in the County of Wexford, and Viscount Sudley, of Castle Gore in the County of Mayo.

In 1762 he was further honoured when he was created Earl of Arran, of the Arran Islands in the County of Galway. This was the third occasion that the title Earl of Arran had been created in the Peerage of Ireland.

Admitted to King's Inns, Trinity in 1730 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law.

Sheriff of County Wexford in 1738

3rd Baronet Gore, of Newtown Gore, Mayo 10 Feb 1741/42

Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] 27 May 1748

1st Baron Saunders of Deeps [Ireland] 15 Aug 1758

1st Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore, Mayo 15 August 1758

1st Earl of Arran of the Arran Islands, Galway 12 Apr 1762

Sources

• Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.
• Wikipedia biography [1]

Acknowledgements

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