George Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech

George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech, (21 January 1855 – 8 May 1938), was a British soldier and Conservative Member of Parliament.

Military career He served in the regular army as a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards from 1875 to 1883. He later served in the Shropshire Yeomanry, becoming its commanding officer as lieutenant-colonel from 1902 to 1907, and was honorary colonel from 1908. He commanded the Welsh Guards at home during the First World War in 1915. He was chairman of the Salop Territorial Army Association. a seat he held until 1904 when he succeeded his father as third Baron Harlech and entered the House of Lords. and of Shropshire in 1897.

Harlech also served as Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim from 1904 to 1922 and as Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire from 1927 to 1938, as well as Constable of Harlech Castle from 1927 until his death.

Honours and decorations DL: Deputy lieutenant of Salop, and County Merioneth. CB: Companion of the Order of the Bath. GCB: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath – as a Companion (CB) in the 1923 Birthday Honours.

Harlech was also awarded the Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem From 1926 to 1938 he was served as Provincial Grand Master of Freemasonry in Shropshire and was a member of the Lodge of St. Oswald (No. 1124), which is now also known as the Harlech Lodge of Perfection.

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