Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
William Gore (Lord Mayor of London)
English merchant and Lord Mayor of London From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Sir William Gore (1644 - 1707) was Lord Mayor of London from 1701-02,[1] having been elected Alderman for the City Ward of Coleman Street in 1690.[2]

A successful merchant, Gore was appointed a founding Director of the Bank of England in 1694 before serving as Governor of the Hamburg and Levant Companies.[3][4]
Family
The son of William Gore, barrister-at-law, of Morden, Surrey and his wife Jane née Smith, Sir William was a grandson of Sir John Gore, Lord Mayor of London (died 1636), a kinsman of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran, and great-uncle of William Gore-Langton, MP.[5]

In 1704, Sir William bought the lordship of the manor of Tring and built Tring Park.[6]
He died on 20 January 1707, his wife, Elizabeth née Hampton, having predeceased him (died 1705).[7] Three of their sons were MPs: William,[8][9] Thomas and John Gore.[10]
Remove ads
See also
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads