John Gore (Royal Navy officer)

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John Gore
9 February 1772 – 21 August 1836
Place of birth	County Kilkenny, Ireland
Place of death	Datchet, Buckinghamshire
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain and Ireland
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1781-1836
Rank	Admiral
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars
Awards	Order of the Bath

Sir John Gore, KCB (9 February 1772, County Kilkenny, Ireland - 21 August 1836, Datchet, Buckinghamshire) was a British naval commander of the 18th and 19th centuries. His father was Colonel John Gore.

His joined the Royal Navy in August 1781, as a Captain's Servant, and would have served as a Midshipman, before gaining promotion to Lieutenant on 26 November 1789 and Commander on 24 May 1794. He was made Post Captain on 12 November 1794.

While commanding the 32-gun frigate HMS Medusa, he took part in the Action of 5 October 1804. He was made a Rear-Admiral on 4 December 1813, and a Vice-Admiral on 27 May 1825.

On 15 August 1808, at St George's, Hanover Square, he married Georgiana Montagu, daughter of Admiral Sir George Montagu and Charlotte Wroughton. The couple had four children:

Lieutenant John Gore (d. 1835)
Hon. Georgiana Stuart Gore (baptised 1824, died 18 July 1877)
Anne Gore (baptised 1832, died 23 July 1877) - the mother of Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe
Maria Gore (baptised 1836, died 8 March 1902)

In fiction, he appears in Hornblower and the Hotspur as the Medusa's captain.