William Ormsby-Gore (1779–1860)

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

Life[edit]

Born into an Anglo-Irish family as William Gore, the eldest son of William Gore, M.P., of Woodford, County Leitrim, he was the great-great-grandson of William Gore, third and youngest son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, of Newtown, second son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet, of Magharabag, whose eldest son Paul was the grandfather of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran. He was educated at Eton College (1796), the Middle Temple (1796) and Merton College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1797.^[1] In 1815, he married Mary Jane Ormsby, daughter and heiress of Owen Ormsby. He assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Ormsby the same year.

He joined the British Army and served as a lieutenant in the 1st Dragoon Guards in 1800, was promoted to captain in 1802, to major in 1802 and to brevet major in 1813. He went onto half-pay with the 86th Foot in 1815 and as a captain in the 88th Foot. He left the Army in 1829. He was appointed High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1817–18 and High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire for 1820–21.

Ormsby-Gore was elected to the House of Commons for County Leitrim in 1806, a seat he held until 1807, and then represented Caernarvon from 1830 to 1831 and North Shropshire from 1835 to 1857.

He died at Porkington and was buried at Selattyn. He had 3 sons (one of whom predeceased him) and 2 daughters. His eldest son John Ormsby Gore was M.P. for Caernarvonshire and created Baron Harlech in 1876. His second son William became 2nd Baron Harlech after the death of his brother.

References[edit]

^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Gore, William Ormsby" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

"ORMSBY GORE (formerly GORE), William (1779–1860), of Porkington, Oswestry, Salop and Woodford, co. Leitrim". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}

External links[edit]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Ormsby-Gore

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Peter La Touche Henry John Clements	Member of Parliament for County Leitrim 1806–1807 With: Henry John Clements	Succeeded by Henry John Clements John La Touche
Preceded by Lord William Paget	Member of Parliament for Carnarvon 1830–1831	Succeeded by Sir Charles Paget
Preceded by Sir Rowland Hill John Cotes	Member of Parliament for Shropshire North 1837–1857 With: Sir Rowland Hill 1837–1843 Viscount Clive 1843–1848 John Whitehall Dod 1848–1857	Succeeded by John Whitehall Dod Rowland Clegg-Hill

[1] Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Gore, William Ormsby" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

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