Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Baronet (25 June 1722 – 25 September 1746)[1] was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet.

Biography

Born St George Gore, he was oldest son of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet and his second wife Elizabeth Ashe, daughter of St George Ashe, Bishop of Clogher.[2] In 1733, he succeeded his father as baronet.[2] He assumed the additional surname of St George to inherit the estates of his maternal grandfather, whose only son had died without issue in 1721.[2] Gore-St George represented County Donegal in the Irish House of Commons from 1741 until his death in 1746.[3] He was also appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1746.

Marriage and succession

On 22 September 1743, he married Anne Burton, only daughter of Francis Burton and sister of Francis Conyngham, 2nd Baron Conyngham.[4] Gore-St George died without children, aged only 24, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Ralph.[4] He was buried at Castletown, County Kildare.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 527.
  3. ^ "Leigh Rayment – Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ a b c Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. III. Dublin: James Moore. p. 285.
Parliament of Ireland Preceded byGeorge Knox Henry Hamilton Member of Parliament for County Donegal 1741–1746 With: Henry Hamilton 1741–1743Andrew Knox 1743–1746 Succeeded byAndrew Knox Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Bt Baronetage of Ireland Preceded byRalph Gore Baronet (of Magharabeg) 1733–1746 Succeeded byRalph Gore


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