William Gore (bishop)
William Gore DD (died 25 February 1784) was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.[1]
He was born the son of the Right Reverend William Gore, Dean of Down and his wife Honora Prittie.
Previously the Dean of Cashel from 1736 to 1758,[2] he was nominated Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 17 March 1758, consecrated on 16 April of that year; translated to Elphin on 3 March 1762; and finally to Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe on 5 March 1772.[3]
He died on 25 February 1784. He had married twice, firstly, Mary, daughter of Chidley Coote and secondly, Mary, daughter of William French, with whom he had a son, William, who became an MP.
References
- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ↑ "The Universal magazine", Volume 22 (1758) p22
- ↑ "Dodsley's annual register" Burke,E: London, J.Dodsley 1780
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh 1758–1762 |
Succeeded by John Oswald |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Elphin 1762– 1772 |
Succeeded by Jemmett Browne |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 1772– 1784 |
Succeeded by William Cecil Pery |
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