For his great-great grandson, see William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech

William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech

William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech KG, GCMG, PC , known as William Ormsby-Gore until 1938, was a British Conservative politician and banker.-Background:...

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William Ormsby-Gore (14 March 1779 - 4 May 1860), known as William Gore until 1815, was a British

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 Member of Parliament

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Born William Gore, he was the great-great-grandson of William Gore, third and youngest son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet

Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet

Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet was an Irish soldier and politician.Gore was the second son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Wycliffe, daughter of Francis Wycliffe. In 1656, he was High Sheriff of Mayo and additionally High Sheriff of County Galway...

, of Newtown, second son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet

Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet

Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician, soldier and baronet.Born in London, he was the eldest son of Gerard Gore and his wife Helen Davenant, daughter of Ralph Davenant. Gore had come to Ireland as a commander of a troup of horse and in 1602, he was despatched to accompany Rory Ó...

, of Magharabag, whose eldest son Paul was the grandfather of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran

Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran

Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran PC , known as Sir Arthur Gore, 3rd Baronet from 1741 to 1757 and as Viscount Sudley from 1758 to 1762, was an Irish politician....

. In 1815 he married Mary Jane Ormsby, daughter and heiress of Owen Ormsby, and assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Ormsby the same year.

Ormsby-Gore was elected to the House of Commons

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 for County Leitrim in 1806, a seat he held until 1807, and then represented Carnarvon from 1830 to 1831 and North Shropshire

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 from 1835 to 1857. Ormsby-Gore died in May 1860, aged 81. His eldest son John Ralph Ormsby-Gore was created Baron Harlech

Baron Harlech

Baron Harlech, of Harlech in the County of Merioneth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1876 for the Conservative politician John Ormsby-Gore, with remainder to his younger brother William. He had previously represented Carnarvon and North Shropshire in the House of...

in 1876.