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Lord Gort (left) and Lieutenant-General Pownall study a map at GHQ in France, 26 November 1939. The Pillbox affair, also known as the Pillbox incident, was a military and political episode which occurred in Britain between November 1939 and January 1940 during the Second World War which resulted in the January 1940 dismissal of Leslie Hore-Belisha from the post of British War Minister.
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
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 ...
John Vereker, 3rd Viscount Gort (1790–1865), Irish peer and politician John Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort (1849–1902), Anglo-Irish peer, landowner and Army officer John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886–1946), British Army officer
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.
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn at the 2013 Trooping the Colour Ceremony. Getty Images Upon birth, he received the title ...
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Johnny Somali, an American YouTuber known for his inflammatory stunts, became the center of a South Korean investigation that could keep him trapped in the country for a while. The streamer, whose ...