John Hore (politician) explained

John Hore (fl.1642–1691) was an Irish Jacobite politician.

Hore was the elder son of Matthew Hore. In 1689 he was appointed High Sheriff of County Waterford. The same year, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Dungarvan in the Patriot Parliament summoned by James II of England.[1] He was attainted in 1691 for his support for Jacobism.

He married Catherine Bourke, daughter of Sir John Bourke of Derrymaclachtney and granddaughter of Richard Burke, 6th Earl of Clanricarde.[2]

Notes and References

  1. O'Hart, John, The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (5th Ed., 1892), Volume 2. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  2. Burke, John. Hore of Harperstown. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 4. p.716. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

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