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Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross

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on 2 July 1747 all his superior officers were killed or severely wounded, so command of the battalion fell to Gore, who performed so well, that on the following day he received the thanks of the British commander,
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and Hannah Gore, on 22 August 1773. His only son by his second marriage predeceased him in 1789. Alicia died in 1795 and was buried, like her son, at Clifton Church in
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and Lady Anne Wentworth. After her death in 1771, Lord Belleisle, as he was by this time, remarried Alicia Clements, youngest daughter of
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in 1777. Two years thereafter he was admitted to the Irish general staff and in 1781 obtained colonelship of the
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An Archaeological Survey of County Fermanagh: Volume I, Part 2 - The Early Christian and Medieval Periods
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An Archaeological Survey of County Fermanagh: Volume I, Part 2 - The Early Christian and Medieval Periods
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The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom
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on 11 May, he was hit on his right arm by a shot, however quickly recovered. During the
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A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire
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and became its lieutenant-colonel until the regiment's dissolution three years later.
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Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom
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On 23 February 1754, Sir Ralph Gore married, firstly, Katherine, eldest daughter of
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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies
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Brian G. Scott (General Editor), Claire Foley and Ronan McHugh,
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Brian G. Scott (General Editor), Claire Foley and Ronan McHugh,
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British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession
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Cokayne, George Edward (1949). Geoffrey H. White (ed.).
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by his nephew Ralph; his other titles became extinct.
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In the following year, he was made a 866:Peers of Ireland created by George III 828: 308: 896:Gore family (Anglo-Irish aristocracy) 538: 367: 345: 643:Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt 354: 336: 609:Northern Ireland Environment Agency 580:Northern Ireland Environment Agency 262:and creating a magnificent garden. 169: 154:and in 1788, during the absence of 13: 246:times, as Ballymacmanus Island or 101: 16:Anglo-Irish soldier and politician 14: 922: 871:High sheriffs of County Fermanagh 412:. 23 September 1782. p. 459. 242:Belle Isle (previously known, in 856:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 722:32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot 148:32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot 861:Earls in the Peerage of Ireland 597: 568: 547: 532: 512: 492: 901:33rd Regiment of Foot officers 528:. 17 December 1771. p. 1. 472: 436: 416: 396: 376: 272: 110:, Gore joined the regiment in 108:War of the Austrian Succession 51:soldier, politician and peer. 1: 265: 237: 54: 33:Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross 7: 555:The Book of Ulster Surnames 432:. 14 May 1796. p. 459. 73:Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet 71:, he was the second son of 37:Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Baronet 10: 927: 694:Lieutenant-Colonel of the 508:. 30 July 1768. p. 1. 488:. 12 June 1764. p. 3. 174:In 1747, Gore entered the 846:19th-century Irish people 816: 803: 795: 788: 777: 766: 759: 750: 745: 738: 728: 718: 710: 692: 687: 682: 668: 653:Member of Parliament for 651: 639: 632: 464:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 392:. 15 May 1781. p. 3. 300:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 280:"Leigh Rayment – Peerage" 213: 208:High Sheriff of Fermanagh 156:Sir William Augustus Pitt 876:High sheriffs of Donegal 799:St George Gore-St George 194:in 1767 and was created 43:until 1768, and then as 204:High Sheriff of Donegal 130:In 1760, he raised the 86:. 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General
The Rt Hon.
Anglo-Irish
Belle Isle Castle
County Fermanagh
Ulster
Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet
St George Ashe
Church of Ireland
Bishop of Clogher
Trinity College Dublin
33rd Regiment of Foot
St George
War of the Austrian Succession
Flanders
Battle of Fontenoy
Battle of Lauffeld
The Duke of Cumberland
92nd Regiment of Foot (Donegal Light Infantry)
Viscount
colonel
major-general
32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot
lieutenant-general
Sir William Augustus Pitt
Commander-in-Chief
general
Irish House of Commons
County Donegal

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