John Ormsby-Gore, 1st Baron Harlech

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John Ralph Ormsby-Gore, 1st Baron Harlech (3 June 1816-15 June 1876), was a British Conservative Member of Parliament.

Harlech was the eldest son of William Ormsby-Gore and Mary Jane Ormsby. He was elected to the House of Commons for Carnarvonshire in 1837, a seat he held until 1841, and later represented North Shropshire from 1859 to 1876. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Harlech, of Harlech in the County of Merioneth, with remainder to his brother William.

Lord Harlech married Sarah, daughter of Sir John Tyssen Tyrrell, 2nd Baronet, in 1844. He died in June 1876, aged 60, having held the title for only five months. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his brother William. Lady Harlech died in 1898.

[edit] References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Assheton Smith	Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire 1837–1841	Succeeded by Edward Douglas-Pennant
Preceded by John Whitehall Dod Rowland Clegg-Hill	Member of Parliament for Shropshire North with Rowland Clegg-Hill 1859-1865 Charles Henry Cust 1865-1866 Adelbert Wellington Cust 1866-1867 George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 1867-1876 1859–1876	Succeeded by George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman Stanley Leighton
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by (new creation)	Baron Harlech 1876	Succeeded by William Richard Ormsby-Gore