Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet

Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet (1567 – September 1629)[1] was an Irish politician, soldier and baronet.

Born in London, he was the eldest son of Gerard Gore and his wife Helen Davenant, daughter of Ralph Davenant.[2] Gore had come to Ireland as a commander of a troup of horse and in 1602, he was despatched to accompany Rory Ó Donnell to a meeting with Queen Elizabeth I of England.[3] He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) in the Irish House of Commons for Ballyshannon from 1613 until 1615.[3] On 2 February 1622, he was created a baronet, of Magherabegg, in the County Donegal.[1]

He married Isabella Wycliffe, daughter of Francis Wycliffe and niece of the 1st Earl of Strafford.[4] They had thirteen children, seven daughters and six sons.[5] Gore was buried at the Abbey Church of Donegal.[3] His eldest son Ralph succeeded to the baronetcy and was ancestor of the Earl of Ross.[5] His son Arthur was himself created a baronet and was ancestor of the Irish creation of the Earls of Arran, the Barons Harlech as well as the Irish Barons Annaly.[3] His fourth son Francis was progenitor of the Gore-Booth Baronets.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  2. ↑ "ThePeerage - Sir Paul Gore, 1st Bt". Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. p. 23.
  4. ↑ Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. II (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 669.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 527.
Baronetage of Ireland
New creation Baronet
(of Magherabegg)
1622–1629 		Succeeded by
Ralph Gore