Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet
Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet (25 August 1805 – 21 December 1876) was an Anglo-Irish politician and landowner, who built Lissadell House, located in County Sligo.
Background and education
Born at Bath, Somerset, he was the son of Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 3rd Baronet and his wife Hannah, the daughter of Henry Irwin.[1] In 1814, aged only nine, he succeeded his father as baronet. He was educated at Westminster School and went then to Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1826.[1][2]
Career
During the period of the Great Irish famine, he was accused of evicting his starving tenant farmers and of packing them into coffin ships to emigrate.[citation needed] Contradictory reports state that he mortgaged his estates and assisted his tenants by both providing them with food and refusing to accept any rents during the famine.[citation needed]
He was appointed High Sheriff of Sligo for 1830. In 1850 he was elected MP for Sligo County in the British House of Commons, representing the constituency for twenty-six years until his death. Having been a Deputy Lieutenant from 1841, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Sligo in 1868.
Family
In 1827, Gore-Booth married firstly Caroline, the second daughter of Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton. She died a year later, and after another two years as widower, he remarried Caroline Susan, second daughter of Thomas Goold. His second wife died in 1855 and Gore-Booth survived her until his death in 1876 aged 71. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son Henry.
References
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External links
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- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for County Sligo 1850 – 1876 With: William Ormsby-Gore 1850–1852 Richard Swift 1852–1857 Edward Joshua Cooper 1857–1859 Charles Cooper 1859–1865 Edward Henry Cooper 1865–1868 Denis O'Conor 1868–1876 |
Succeeded by Denis O'Conor Edward King-Harman |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Sligo 1868 – 1876 |
Succeeded by Edward Henry Cooper |
| Baronetage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by
Robert Gore-Booth
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Baronet (of Artarman) 1814 – 1876 |
Succeeded by Henry William Gore-Booth |
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- 1805 births
- 1876 deaths
- People educated at Westminster School, London
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
- Gore family (Anglo-Irish aristocracy)
- Lord-Lieutenants of Sligo
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Irish constituencies (1801–1922)
- High Sheriffs of County Sligo
- Politicians from County Sligo
- UK MPs 1847–52
- UK MPs 1852–57
- UK MPs 1857–59
- UK MPs 1859–65
- UK MPs 1865–68
- UK MPs 1868–74
- UK MPs 1874–80
