Charles Stephen Gore
General KH | |
|---|---|
 Sir Charles Stephen Gore | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 December 1793 |
| Died | 4 September 1869 (aged 75) Chelsea, London, England |
| Spouse |
Sarah Rachel Fraser
(m. 1824) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran Elizabeth Underwood |
| Relatives | Cecilia Underwood, Duchess of Inverness (sister) Arthur Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran (half-brother) |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1808-1869 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | 91st Regiment of Foot 6th Regiment of Foot |
| Battles/wars | Peninsular War: • Siege of Badajoz • Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo Lower Canada Rebellion: • Battle of Saint-Denis |
General Sir Charles Stephen Gore
Early life
Gore was a son of
His paternal grandparents were Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran (eldest son of Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet) and the former Jane Worth (widow of William Worth of Rathfarnham). His maternal grandparents were Richard Underwood, Esq. and the former Christiana Goold (a daughter of Caleb Goold of Dublin).[2]
Career
He entered the army in 1808. During the Peninsular War, he fought in the Siege of Badajoz and Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, both in 1812. He served in Canada and fought in the Battle of Saint-Denis during the Lower Canada Rebellion.
He was Colonel of the 91st (Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot from 1855 to 1861, transferring in 1861 to the 6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, a position he held until his death in 1869.[3][4]
Gore served under Lt. Gov.
Personal life
Gore was married to Sarah Rachel Fraser (1803–1880) of
- Adelaide Rachel Gore (d. 1893), who married Lt.-Gen. George Whitworth Talbot Rich, son of Sir George Bostock Rich (son of Sir Charles Bostock Rich, 1st Bt),[6] in 1864.[7]
- Maj. James Arthur Charles Gore (1826–1901), who married Catherine Louise Bazalgette, daughter of Col. John Bazalgette, in 1854.[8]
- William IV through his mistress, the famous comic actress Dora Bland (who was known as "Mrs. Jordan").[9]
- Lt.-Col. Charles Clitheroe Gore (1839–1926), who married Maria Harriet Elizabeth Cator, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Cator and Lady Louisa Lumley-Savile (daughter of John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough), in 1875. After her death, he married Lavinia FitzRoy, daughter of Francis Charles FitzRoy, in 1882.[10]
- Lt.-Col. Frederick Augustus Gore (1844–1931), who married Alice Schenley, daughter of Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley, in 1886.[11]
Sir Charles died on 4 September 1869 in Chelsea, London. He is buried in Brompton Cemetery in London near the north end of the central colonnades.[12] His widow died on 17 October 1880.[2]
Legacy
The community of Gore, Nova Scotia is named after him when he served in Nova Scotia.
Gallery
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Lady Gore (Sarah Rachel Fraser) -
Gore's burial, Brompton Cemetery monument
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References
- ^ Dod, Charles Roger Phipps (1862). The Peerage, Baronetage, And Knightage, Of Great Britain And Ireland For ... Including All the Titled Classes. Whittaker And Company.
- ^ a b c d e "Arran, Earl of (I, 1762)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "91st (The Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 22 May 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton (1910). The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land, Giving a Sketch of the French and Their Expulsion: And a History of the New England Planters who Came in Their Stead, with Many Genealogies, 1604-1910. Salem Press Company. pp. 630–631.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (1867). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing. Hurst and Blackett. p. 24.
- ^ Walford, Edward (1893). The Windsor Peerage for 1890-1894. p. 23.
- ISBN 978-0-8063-1177-7.
- ^ "The House of Hanover (1714 - 1901)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Lavinia Gore (née FitzRoy)". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair: 262. 7 November 1885.
- ^ Spurr, John W. (1976). "Gore, Sir Charles Stephen". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IX (1861–1870) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.