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The 1946 title was Viscount Gort, of Hamsterley Hall in the County of Durham, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Field Marshal Lord Gort had no living sons and, unlike his own ancestor, did not have a special remainder, so on his death just one month after the creation of the new title, the new viscountcy became extinct, whilst the Irish ...
Gort's daughter, Jacqueline Corinne Yvonne Vereker, who was born on 20 October 1914, married (June 1940) The Honourable William Sidney, later the 1st Viscount De L'Isle. [ 2 ] Portrayals
Vereker was born in 1849, the son of Standish Vereker, 4th Viscount Gort (1819–1900) by his wife Caroline Harriet Gage, daughter of the 4th Viscount Gage. He was educated at Harrow, and joined the Royal Artillery, where he advanced to captain in the 4th Brigade, South Irish Division. He acted as British Consul at Cherbourg in 1879.
Louis III de La Trémoille, son, became duke of Thouars in 1563, and his son; Claude de La Trémoille, son, turned Protestant, was created a peer of France in 1595, and married a daughter of William the Silent in 1598. Charlotte de la Tremoüille, Countess of Derby, daughter; Henry de La Trémoille, son of Claude, 3rd duke of Thouars (died 1674)
There were children from both marriages. Lord Gort died on 11 November 1842, aged 74, and was succeeded by his son from his first marriage, John. Lady Gort died 2 April 1858 at Gort House, Petersham, London, [8] and was buried at St Andrew's Church, Ham. [1] [2] Following the 1798 Battle of Collooney, the thanks of Parliament were voted to him.
Police suspect Johnson’s mother-in-law Terry Janway, 68, shot dead her husband Jack Janway, 69, and grandson Dalton, 11, before turning the gun on herself as police officers arrived at their ...
His maternal grandparents were Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet, who was killed in action at the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709, and Penelope Cadogan, sister of William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan. In 1760 Gort succeeded to the estates of his maternal uncle Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet , and assumed the surname of Prendergast in lieu of Smyth.
When Prince Edward became the Duke of Edinburgh, his son, James, inherited father's more senior subsidiary title, and is now styled as James, Earl of Wessex, instead of James, Viscount Severn ...