Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran

Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran KP, PC (Ire) (25 July 1734 – 8 October 1809) styled The Honourable Arthur Gore from 1758 to 1762 and Viscount Sudley from 1762 to 1773, was an Irish peer and politician.


The Earl of Arran

The Earl of Arran, his wife Catherine and their son Arthur as Cupid, by Pompeo Batoni, 1769.
Member of Parliament for Donegal Borough
In office
1768–1774
Serving with Richard Gore
Preceded byRobert Doyne
John Knox
Succeeded byBarry Yelverton
Richard Gore
Member of Parliament for Wexford County
In office
1761–1768
Serving with Caesar Colclough, Vesey Colclough
Preceded byCaesar Colclough
Andrew Ram
Succeeded byVesey Colclough
Hon. Henry Loftus
Member of Parliament for Donegal Borough
In office
1759–1761
Serving with John Folliott
Preceded bySir Arthur Gore, 3rd Bt
John Folliott
Succeeded byRobert Doyne
John Knox
Personal details
Born
Arthur Saunders Gore

(1734-07-25)25 July 1734
Died8 October 1809(1809-10-08) (aged 75)
Spouse(s)
Hon. Catherine Annesley
(m. 1760; died 1770)

Anne Knight
(m. 1771; died 1779)

Elizabeth Underwood
(m. 1781; his death 1809)
Children16, including Arthur, Cecilia, and Charles
ParentsArthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran
Jane Saunders
RelativesSir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet (grandfather)
Philip Gore, 4th Earl of Arran (grandson)

Early life

Arran was the eldest son of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran, and Jane Saunders.[1] His younger brothers were Hon. Richard Gore, MP and Hon. Paul Gore, who married Anne Leonard (a daughter of William Leonard). His sisters were Lady Joanna Gore (wife of Philip Doyne and, after his death, Michael Daly) and Lady Elizabeth Gore (wife of Sir John Evans-Freke, 1st Baronet).[2]

His paternal grandparents were Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet, and the former Elizabeth Annesley (a daughter of Maurice Annesley of Sherlock v Annesley infamy). His aunt, Anne Gore, was married to John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont. His maternal grandfather was Richard Saunders (a grandson of Henry Whitfield, MP).[2]

Upon his grandfather's death, his father became the 3rd Gore Baronet of Newtown.[3] After his father 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 1758, he was styled The Honourable Arthur Gore.[4] When his father was made the Earl of Arran in 1762, he assumed the courtesy title of Viscount Sudley for himself.[2][5]

Career

He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Donegal Borough in 1759, a seat he held until 1761 and again from 1768 to 1774 and also represented Wexford County between 1761 and 1768. In 1773, he succeeded his father as second Earl of Arran and entered the Irish House of Lords. Arran was also appointed High Sheriff of County Wexford in 1757 and High Sheriff of Mayo in 1765.[2]

He was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1771 and in 1783 he was invested as one of the original sixteen Knights of the Order of St Patrick.[2]

Personal life

On 14 July 1760, Lord Arran married Hon. Catherine Annesley (1739–1770), the only daughter of William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly and Lady Anne Beresford (eldest daughter of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone). They had six children:[2]

In 1771, he remarried to Anne Knight (d. 1779), a daughter of Rev. Boleyn Knight of Otley. Before her death in 1779, they were the parents of three children:[2]

  • Lady Maria Louisa Gore (d. 1827), who married James Knox-Gore MP of Broadlands Park in 1800.[2]
  • Very Rev. Hon. George Gore (1774–1844), who married Anne Burrowes, a daughter of Robert Burrowes of Stradone. After her death in 1819, he married Sophia Ribton, a daughter of Sir George Ribton, 2nd Baronet, in 1820. After her death in 1821, he married Maria Isaac, the widow of Thomas Bunbury Isaac of Hollywood House in 1823.[2]
  • Lady Eleanor Gore (1779–1812), who married Hon. Frederick Cavendish, fourth son of Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet MP and Sarah Bradshaw, suo jure Baroness Waterpark, in 1801.[2]

In February 1781, he remarried for the third, and final, time to Elizabeth Underwood, a daughter of Richard Underwood and Christiana (née Goold) Underwood (a daughter of Caleb Goold of Dublin). Together, they had seven children:[2]

Lord Arran died in October 1809, aged 75, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Arthur. His widow, the Dowager Countess of Arran died in 1829.[10]

References

  1. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1916. p. 61. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. "Arran, Earl of (I, 1762)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 127. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. Irish Builder and Engineer. Howard MacGarvey & Sons. 1894. p. 208. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. Debrett's Peerage and Titles of Courtesy. Dean & Son. 1933. pp. 63, 65, 481. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. Burke, Bernard; Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1912). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of The Landed Gentry of Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 271. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  7. Ranieval, The Marquis of Ruvigny and (2013). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume. Heritage Books. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-7884-1872-3. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. Dalton, Charles (1890). The Waterloo Roll Call. W. Clowes. p. 19. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  9. Nelson, Ross; Mulvey-Roberts, Marie (2019). The Selected Letters of Caroline Norton. Routledge. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-000-73197-2. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  10. Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Sir Arthur Gore, 3rd Bt
John Folliott
Member of Parliament for Donegal Borough
1759–1761
With: John Folliott
Succeeded by
Robert Doyne
John Knox
Preceded by
Caesar Colclough
Andrew Ram
Member of Parliament for Wexford County
1761–1768
With: Caesar Colclough 1761–1766
Vesey Colclough 1766–1768
Succeeded by
Vesey Colclough
Hon. Henry Loftus
Preceded by
Robert Doyne
John Knox
Member of Parliament for Donegal Borough
1768–1774
With: Richard Gore
Succeeded by
Barry Yelverton
Richard Gore
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Arthur Gore
Earl of Arran
1773–1809
Succeeded by
Arthur Saunders Gore
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