Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet (1567 – September 1629) was an

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politician, soldier and baronet. Born in

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, he was the eldest son of Gerard Gore and his wife Helen Davenant, daughter of Ralph Davenant. Gore had come to Ireland as a commander of a troop of horse and, in 1602, he was despatched to accompany the 1st Earl of Tyrconnell to a meeting with Queen

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of England. He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) in the

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for

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from 1613 until 1615. On 2 February 1622, he was created a baronet, of Magherabegg, in the

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. He married Isabella Wycliffe, daughter of Francis Wycliffe and niece of the 1st Earl of Strafford. They had thirteen children, seven daughters and six sons. Gore was buried at the Abbey Church of Donegal. His eldest son

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succeeded to the baronetcy and was an ancestor of the

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. His son

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was himself created a baronet and was an ancestor of the Irish creation of the Earls of Arran, the

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as well as the Irish Barons Annaly. His fourth son Francis was the progenitor of the Gore-Booth Baronets.

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1567 births 1629 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies Irish MPs 1613–1615 Politicians from London 16th-century English soldiers 17th-century English politicians

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