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John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly


John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly PC (Ire) (2 March 1718 – 3 April 1784) was an Irish politician and peer.

He was the second son of George Gore, judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). George was in turn the son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet. Annaly's mother was Bridget Sankey, younger daughter of John Sankey. His mother brought his father a fortune and the manor of Tenelick in County Longford, which came to John on the death of his brother Arthur in 1758. 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 Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland. 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.


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