Biography of Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran 1868-1958

On 21st February 1865 [his father] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran [aged 26] and [his mother] Edith Jocelyn [aged 20] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Philip Gore 4th Earl Arran [aged 63] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Marianne Napier Countess Arran [aged 45].

On 14th September 1868 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran was born to [his father] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran [aged 29] and [his mother] Edith Jocelyn [aged 23].

On 3rd October 1871 [his mother] Edith Jocelyn [aged 26] died.

On 25th June 1884 [his grandfather] Philip Gore 4th Earl Arran [aged 82] died. His son [his father] Arthur [aged 45] succeeded 5th Earl Arran, 4th Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 4th Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford, 7th Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo.

On 17th May 1887 [his brother-in-law] James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury [aged 25] and [his sister] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran [aged 48] and [his mother] Edith Jocelyn. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 57] and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury [aged 60].

On 29th July 1889 [his father] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran [aged 50] and [his step-mother] Winifred Reilly Countess of Arran [aged 49] were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of [his grandfather] Philip Gore 4th Earl Arran and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Marianne Napier Countess Arran [aged 69].

On 20th November 1889 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran [aged 21] was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards.

On 26th July 1894 [his brother-in-law] Frederick Smith 2nd Viscount Hambleden [aged 25] and [his sister] Esther Georgiana Caroline Gore Viscountess Hambleden [aged 24] were married. They had five children. She the daughter of [his father] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran [aged 55] and [his mother] Edith Jocelyn.

On 30th March 1895 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran [aged 26] was commissioned a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards.

In February 1900 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran [aged 31] sailed for South Africa in the SS Narrung to join the Boer War. He was the commanding officer in charge of the various cavalry drafts on board the ship, a total of 200 men.

On 14th March 1901 [his father] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran [aged 62] died. His son Arthur [aged 32] succeeded 6th Earl Arran, 5th Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 5th Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford, 7th Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo.

On 16th August 1902 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran [aged 33] and Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk van Kattendyke Countess of Arran were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn.

On 31st July 1903 [his son] Arthur Gore 7th Earl of Arran was born to Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran [aged 34] and [his wife] Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk van Kattendyke Countess of Arran.

On 22nd August 1903 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 73] died. Monument at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map] by William Goscombe John [aged 43]. His son [his brother-in-law] James [aged 41] succeeded 4th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 10th Earl Salisbury. [his sister] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 36] by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire. Note the St George Pendant signifying his being a Knight of the Garter.

Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury: On 15th July 1867 she was born to Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn. On 17th May 1887 James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury and she were married. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury. On 5th February 1955 Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury died.

On 5th July 1910 [his son] Arthur Gore 8th Earl of Arran was born to Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran [aged 41] and [his wife] Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk van Kattendyke Countess of Arran. He married in or before 1938 Fiona Colquhoun Countess of Arran, daughter of Iain Colquhoun 7th Baronet and Geraldine Bryde Dinah Tennant Lady Colquhoun, and had issue.

In August 1913 Emily Danvers 1st Viscountess Hambleden died. Her son [his brother-in-law] Frederick [aged 44] succeeded 2nd Viscount Hambleden of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire. [his sister] Esther Georgiana Caroline Gore Viscountess Hambleden [aged 43] by marriage Viscountess Hambleden of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire.

In 1927 [his wife] Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk van Kattendyke Countess of Arran died.

In 1929 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran [aged 60] and Lilian Constance Quick Countess of Arran were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn.

In or before 1938 Arthur Gore 8th Earl of Arran [aged 27] and Fiona Colquhoun Countess of Arran [aged 19] were married. He the son of Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran [aged 69] and Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk van Kattendyke Countess of Arran.

In 1955 [his sister] Esther Georgiana Caroline Gore Viscountess Hambleden [aged 85] died.

On 5th February 1955 [his sister] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 87] died.

On 19th December 1958 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran [aged 90] died. His son Arthur [aged 55] succeeded 7th Earl Arran, 6th Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 6th Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford, 8th Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo. He committed suicide nine days later.

In 1961 [his former wife] Lilian Constance Quick Countess of Arran died.