Francis Gore
Personal information
Full name
Francis William George Gore
Born22 June 1855
Newton St Loe, Somerset, England
Died17 July 1938(1938-07-17) (aged 83)
Victoria, London, England
BattingUnknown
RelationsViscount Throwley (brother-in-law)
Henry Milles (brother-in-law)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 0*
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 September 2019

Francis William George Gore DL TD (22 June 1855 – 17 July 1938) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of the Reverend George Gore and his wife, Frances Anne Rous, he was born in Somerset at Newton St Loe.[1] He was educated at Harrow School,[2] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[3] Gore was also a student of the Inner Temple, but was never called to the bar.[3] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket when he played for I Zingari against Yorkshire in the Scarborough Festival of 1881.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by Edmund Peate in the I Zingari first-innings, while in their second-innings of 236 all out he was unbeaten without scoring.[5] He married Lady Constance Grace Milles, the daughter of George Milles, 1st Earl Sondes, in October 1885.[1] He served as the deputy lieutenant of Monmouthshire in 1889–90.[6]

Gore later served in the Second Boer War with the North Somerset Yeomanry, holding the rank of lieutenant in April 1900,[7] with promotion to the rank of captain coming in January 1901.[8] He was promoted to the rank of major the following April.[9] Gore later transferred to the City of London Yeomanry in April 1908,[10] with promotion to the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel coming shortly before his transfer in March 1908.[11] Gore served in the First World War, obtaining the full rank of lieutenant colonel in November 1914,[12] before reverting shortly after at his own request to the rank of major and honorary lieutenant colonel.[13] He was again promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in January 1917, antedated to June 1916.[14] He retired from active service in February 1920, having reached the age limit for service, at which point he was decorated with the Territorial Decoration.[15] He also served during his life as a justice of the peace for Glamorgan.[1] Gore died in July 1938 at Victoria, London. He was survived by his wife and three of their four children.[1] His brothers-in-law, Henry Milles and George Milles-Lade, both played first-class cricket.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lt.-Col. Francis William George Gore". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Stogdon, John Hubert (1925). The Harrow School Register, 1845-1925. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 426.
  3. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Gore, Francis William George" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Francis Gore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Yorkshire v I Zingari, 1881". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "No. 25964". The London Gazette. 13 August 1889. p. 4395.
  7. ↑ "No. 27183". The London Gazette. 17 April 1900. p. 2503.
  8. ↑ "No. 27285". The London Gazette. 15 February 1901. p. 1147.
  9. ↑ "No. 27422". The London Gazette. 4 April 1902. p. 2282.
  10. ↑ "No. 28178". The London Gazette. 18 September 1908. p. 6765.
  11. ↑ "No. 28249". The London Gazette. 11 May 1909. p. 3563.
  12. ↑ "No. 28961". The London Gazette. 3 November 1914. p. 8896.
  13. ↑ "No. 28976". The London Gazette. 13 November 1914. p. 9385.
  14. ↑ "No. 30238". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 August 1917. p. 8533.
  15. ↑ "No. 31776". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 February 1920. p. 1797.
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