Robert Gore (MP) explained

Robert Gore
Office:Member of Parliament
for
Term Start:6 July 1841
Term End:7 August 1847
Predecessor:John Hyacinth Talbot
Successor:John Hyacinth Talbot
Birth Date:1810
Nationality:Irish

Robert Gore (1810 – 4 August 1854)[1] was an Irish Whig politician and naval officer.[2] [3]

He was the son of colonel William John Gore and Caroline née Hales and, at some point, gained the rank of captain in the Royal Navy, and the office of Chargé d'Affaires in Uruguay.[4]

Gore was elected Whig MP for at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.[2] [3] [5]

He was a member of Brooks's, Crockford's, the Naval and Military Club, and the Travellers Club.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "N" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 25 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180903033741/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Mcommons2.htm. 3 September 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
  2. Web site: Robert Gore . Members of Parliament after 1832 . History of Parliament . 25 August 2019.
  3. Book: Smith. Henry Stooks. The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections. 1842. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 239. Second. 6 October 2018 . .
  4. Web site: Lundy . Darryl . Captain Robert Gore . The Peerage . 25 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190825150859/http://www.thepeerage.com/p2702.htm . 25 August 2019 . 27 January 2011 . live.
  5. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.