St George Gore-St George
Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Baronet (25 June 1722 – 25 September 1746)[1] was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet.
Biography
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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]
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- 1722 births
- 1746 deaths
- 18th-century Anglo-Irish people
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
- Irish MPs 1727–1760
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies
- High sheriffs of County Fermanagh
- Gore family (Anglo-Irish aristocracy)
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- Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) MP stubs