Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran

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Arthur Desmond Colquhoun Gore, 9th Earl of Arran (born 14 July 1938), styled Viscount Sudley before 1983, is a British peer and an elected hereditary member of the House of Lords for the Conservative Party.

Lord Arran is the son of Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran and the former Fiona Colquhoun, first daughter of Sir Iain Colquhoun of Luss, 7th Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. He served in the Grenadier Guards, gaining the rank of Second Lieutenant. He was the assistant manager of the Daily Mail, then assistant general manager of the Daily Express and the Sunday Express in the 1970s. He has also been a director of Waterstone's.

He succeeded as 9th Earl of Arran on 23 February 1983, upon the death of his father. In the Lords, Lord Arran has played an active role for the Conservatives, serving in several junior ministerial roles.

Arran married Eleanor van Cutsem on 28 September 1974. They have two daughters, Laura and Lucy. In 2004 Laura married Major James Duckworth-Chad, MVO, former Equerry to The Queen, and now has issue.

Since Lord Arran has no sons by his wife, and all other lines of descent from the 4th Earl of Arran have died out, his Heir presumptive is currently a very distant and elderly cousin, Paul Annesley Gore (b. 1921), descended from the youngest brother of the 4th Earl.

Political offices
Preceded by The Baroness Hooper	Lord-in-Waiting 1987–1989	Succeeded by The Lord Reay
Preceded by The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1994–1995	Succeeded by The Lord Chesham
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Arthur Gore	Earl of Arran 1983–Present	Succeeded by Current Incumbent