John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly PC (Ire) (2 March 1718 – 3 April 1784) was an Irish politician and peer. He was the son of George Gore, in turn son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, and his wife Bridget Sankey, younger daughter of John Sankey. Gore was called to the Bar by King's Inns and worked as barrister-at-law. He was Counsel to the Commissioners of Revenue and also a King's Counsel from 1749. From 1747 and 1760, he sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Jamestown.

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  • John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly PC (Ire) (2 March 1718 – 3 April 1784) was an Irish politician and peer. He was the son of George Gore, in turn son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, and his wife Bridget Sankey, younger daughter of John Sankey. Gore was called to the Bar by King's Inns and worked as barrister-at-law. He was Counsel to the Commissioners of Revenue and also a King's Counsel from 1749. From 1747 and 1760, he sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Jamestown. Subsequently he sat for Longford County in the Irish House of Commons until 1765. In 1760 Gore was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, a post he held until 1764, when he became Chief Justice of the Irish Court of the King's Bench. In the same year he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland. On 17 January 1766, Gore was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Annaly, of Tenelick in the County of Longford. In the following year he was elected Speaker of the Irish House of Lords. In 1747, Gore married Frances Wingfield, second daughter of the 1st Viscount Powerscourt. Their marriage was childless. Gore died, aged 66 in St Stephen's Green in Dublin and was buried in Tisherig in County Longford . With his death the barony became extinct.
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  • 1 April 2009
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  • 24 December 1765
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  • John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly PC (Ire) (2 March 1718 – 3 April 1784) was an Irish politician and peer. He was the son of George Gore, in turn son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, and his wife Bridget Sankey, younger daughter of John Sankey. Gore was called to the Bar by King's Inns and worked as barrister-at-law. He was Counsel to the Commissioners of Revenue and also a King's Counsel from 1749. From 1747 and 1760, he sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Jamestown.
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  • John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly
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