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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 ...
The Prendergast Baronetcy, of Gort in the County of Galway was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 15 July 1699 for the Irish soldier and politician Thomas Prendergast. Sir Thomas was killed at the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709 and was succeeded by his son, the second baronet. He was a member of both the Irish and British ...
Lord and Lady Gort had two sons, who both succeeded to the title: John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886–1946) Standish Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort (1888–1975) Lady Gort continued to live at East Cowes Castle after her husband´s death, and remarried, in 1907, Colonel Starling Maux Benson, of the 17th Lancers. Both she and her second husband ...
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
Lord Gort married firstly the Hon. Maria, daughter of Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore and Katherine Waller, on 13 December 1814. [1] They had eleven children who survived infancy, six sons and five daughters, including: Standish, the eldest surviving son, (1819-1900) John Prendergast Vereker (1822-1891) who was Lord Mayor of Dublin in ...
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.
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 ...
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.