Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran

Arran was the eldest son of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran, and Jane Saunders. His younger brothers were Hon. Richard Gore, MP and Hon. Paul Gore, who married Anne Leonard (a daughter of William Leonard). His sisters were Lady Joanna Gore (wife of Philip Doyne and, after his death, Michael Daly) and Lady Elizabeth Gore (wife of Sir John Evans-Freke, 1st Baronet). After his father was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Saunders of Deeps in the County of Wexford, and Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in the County of Mayo in 1758, he was styled The Honourable Arthur Gore. When his father was made the Earl of Arran in 1762, he assumed the courtesy title of Viscount Sudley for himself. ==Career==

He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Donegal Borough in 1759, a seat he held until 1761 and again from 1768 to 1774 and also represented County Wexford between 1761 and 1768. In 1773, he succeeded his father as second Earl of Arran and entered the Irish House of Lords. Arran was also appointed High Sheriff of County Wexford in 1757 and High Sheriff of Mayo in 1765. He was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1771 and in 1783 he was invested as one of the original sixteen Knights of the Order of St Patrick. ==Personal life==

On 14 July 1760, Lord Arran married Hon. Catherine Annesley (1739–1770), only daughter of the 1st Viscount Glerawly and Lady Anne Beresford (eldest daughter of the 1st Earl of Tyrone). They had six children: • Arthur Saunders Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran (20 July 1761 – 20 January 1837), who married Mary Tyrrell, governess to Princess Charlotte of Wales and only surviving daughter and heiress of Sir John Tyrrell, 5th Baronet • Colonel Hon. William John Gore (1767–1836), Master of the Horse to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who married Caroline Hales, youngest daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Hales, 4th Baronet • General Hon. Sir Charles Stephen Gore (1793–1869), Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital, who married Sarah Rachel Fraser, daughter of James Fraser of Nova Scotia, in 1824 • Lady Julia Gore (1800–1891), who married Robert Manners Lockwood in 1821 Lord Arran died in October 1809, aged 75, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Arthur. His widow, the Dowager Countess of Arran, died in 1829. == References ==