Charles Gore

General Sir Charles Stephen Gore (26 December 1793 – 4 September 1869) was a British Army officer.

Early life Gore was a son of Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran and, his third wife, the former Elizabeth Underwood. Among his siblings were Lady Cecilia Underwood (the second wife of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, the sixth son of King George III).

His paternal grandparents were Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran (eldest son of Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet) and the former Jane Worth (widow of William Worth of Rathfarnham). His maternal grandparents were Richard Underwood, Esq. and the former Christiana Goold (a daughter of Caleb Goold of Dublin).

Gore served under Lt. Gov. James Kempt while he was posted to Nova Scotia (1820-1828). He also served as Lieutenant Governor of Chelsea Hospital. Together, they were the parents of five children, including:

Adelaide Rachel Gore (d. 1893), who married Lt.-Gen. George Whitworth Talbot Rich, son of Sir George Bostock Rich (son of Sir Charles Bostock Rich, 1st Bt), in 1864. Maj. James Arthur Charles Gore (1826–1901), who married Catherine Louise Bazalgette, daughter of Col. John Bazalgette, in 1854. Eliza Amelia Gore (1829–1916), who married William Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll, a grandson of King William IV through his mistress, the famous comic actress Dora Bland (who was known as "Mrs. Jordan"). Lt.-Col. Charles Clitheroe Gore (1839–1926), who married Maria Harriet Elizabeth Cator, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Cator and Lady Louisa Lumley-Savile (daughter of John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough), in 1875. After her death, he married Lavinia FitzRoy, daughter of Francis Charles FitzRoy, in 1882. Lt.-Col. Frederick Augustus Gore (1844–1931), who married Alice Schenley, daughter of Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley, in 1886.

Sir Charles died on 4 September 1869 in Chelsea, London. He is buried in Brompton Cemetery in London near the north end of the central colonnades. His widow died on 17 October 1880.

Legacy The community of Gore, Nova Scotia is named after him when he served in Nova Scotia.

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