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Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran

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The Earl of Arran
Born
Arthur Saunders William Charles Fox Gore[1]

(1839-01-06)6 January 1839
Died14 March 1901(1901-03-14) (aged 62)
Mayfair, London, England
EducationEton College
OccupationDiplomat
Spouses
Edith Elizabeth Henrietta Jocelyn
(m. 1865; died 1871)
Winifred Ellen Reilly
(m. 1889)

Arthur Saunders William Charles Fox Gore, 5th Earl of Arran, KP (6 January 1839 – 14 March 1901), styled Viscount Sudley from 1839 to 1884, was an Anglo-Irish peer and diplomat.

Early life

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Arran was the eldest son of Philip Yorke Gore, 4th Earl of Arran, and Elizabeth Marianne Napier, daughter of General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, KCB.[2] He was educated at Eton College, and subsequently entered the diplomatic service.[3]

Diplomatic and public career

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He was appointed High Sheriff of Donegal in 1863. He was an Attaché at the British embassies in Hanover, Stuttgart, Lisbon and Paris as well as a Special Commissioner for Income Tax from 1865 to 1881 and a Commissioner of Customs from 1883 to 1884. In 1884 he succeeded his father as fifth Earl of Arran but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. However, later the same year he was created Baron Sudley, of Castle Gore in the County of Mayo, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the upper chamber of Parliament. He later served as Lord Lieutenant of County Mayo from 1889 to 1901 and was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick in 1898.[2]

Family

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Lord Arran married, firstly in 1865, Honourable Edith Elizabeth Henrietta Jocelyn (1845–1871), daughter of Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn. They had one son and three daughters before she died early in 1871. Among the children were:

Twenty years after his first wife's death, Lord Arran remarried, in 1889, Winifred Ellen Reilly, daughter of John Reilly, and widow of the Hon. John Montagu Stopford. She was formerly a lady-in-waiting to Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. They had one daughter:

  • Lady Winifred Helene Lettice Gore (1891–1958)

Lord Arran died at his home in Mayfair on 14 March 1901, aged 62, and was succeeded in his titles by his only son Arthur.[4] Lady Arran died in 1921.

References

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  1. ^ Burke's Peerage (repr. 1999). Vol. 1. p. 114.
  2. ^ a b Burke's Peerage (repr. 1999). Vol. 1. p. 114.
  3. ^ "Obituary. The Earl of Arran". The Times. No. 36403. London. 15 March 1901. p. 10. Retrieved 30 November 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "The Last Earl of Arran". The Sketch. XXXIII (425): 368. 20 March 1901. Retrieved 30 November 2023 – via Google Books.
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Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Mayo
1889–1901
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Arran
1884–1901
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Sudley
1884–1901
Succeeded by