Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran

Arthur Desmond Colquhoun Gore, 9th Earl of Arran (born 14 July 1938), styled Viscount Sudley between 1958 and 1983, is a British peer and Lord Temporal in the House of Lords, sitting with the Conservative Party.^[1][2]

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The Right Honourable The Earl of Arran
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office 20 July 1994 – 12 January 1995
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Succeeded by	The Lord Inglewood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment
In office 11 January 1994 – 20 July 1994
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	The Baroness Denton of Wakefield
Succeeded by	Sir Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office 22 April 1992 – 11 January 1994
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Richard Needham
Succeeded by	The Baroness Denton of Wakefield
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
In office 28 November 1990 – 15 April 1992
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Kenneth Carlisle
Succeeded by	The Viscount Cranborne
In office 25 July 1989 – 26 July 1990
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Tim Sainsbury
Succeeded by	Kenneth Carlisle
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 18 June 1987 – 24 July 1989
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	The Baroness Hooper
Succeeded by	The Lord Reay
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 30 April 1997 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 8th Earl of Arran
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Incumbent
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999
Election	1999
Preceded by	Seat established
Personal details
Born	(1938-07-14) 14 July 1938 (age 85)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Eleanor van Cutsem ​ (m. 1974)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	The 8th Earl of Arran Fiona Colquhoun
Alma mater	Eton College Balliol College, Oxford

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Lord Arran was born in Westminster, the eldest son of The 8th Earl of Arran and the former Fiona Colquhoun, first daughter of Sir Iain Colquhoun of Luss, 7th Baronet.^[3] He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.

He served in the Grenadier Guards, gaining the rank of second lieutenant. He was the assistant manager of the Daily Mail, then assistant general manager of the Daily Express and the Sunday Express in the 1970s. He was a director of Waterstone's (1984–87).^[1]

He succeeded as 9th Earl of Arran of the Aran Islands on 23 February 1983, upon the death of his father.^[1] In the Lords, Lord Arran has played an active role for the Conservative Party, serving in several junior ministerial roles.

On 28 September 1974, Arran married Eleanor van Cutsem, daughter of Bernard van Cutsem and Lady Margaret Fortescue, and granddaughter of Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue, and heiress of the Fortescue seat of Castle Hill, in Devon. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2008. Lord and Lady Arran run the Fortescue family's stately home, Castle Hill House and gardens in Devon, as a venue for weddings and corporate hospitality.^[4] He has no son, but has two daughters:

• Lady Laura Melissa Fortescue-Gore (born 14 June 1975), who married Major James Duckworth-Chad (maternal great-grandson of 7th Earl Spencer) on 16 October 2004. They have four children.
• Lady Lucy Katherine Fortescue-Gore (born 26 October 1976)