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 60 GORT — GOSFORD. GORT and KILTARTOX OF GORT. Barony [I.] %, John Prenderg AST- S myth, of Loughcooter Cattle, I 1810 co ' f" ;l ' wa y. 2d a. of Charles Smyth, many years (1731-70) M.P. fur Limerick, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas PbeMDKROAST, 1st Hart. Viscountcy[I.] [1.], of Gort, co. Galway, was 6. 1742; assumed the name of T 1 Cl r Prendcrgast in lieu of Smyth on the death s.p. 23 Sep. 1760, of his 1. lb 10., nil ternal uncle, Sir Thomas P., the 2d and last Bart. [I.] (whose estates he inherited) but resumed that of Smyth, as a final name, on the death unm. 14 Jan. 1785, of his eldest br. Thomas Smyth ; was sometime Ml', for Carlow and subsequently '1785-97) for Limerick ; Chamberlain of Limerick ; Gov. of co. Galway and was er.(»J 15 May 1810, BARON KILTARTON OF GOUT, co. Galway[L], and subsequently, 22 Jan. 1816, VISCOUNT GORT, co. Galway [I.], each with a spec. rem. failing heirs male of the body of the grantee, to the lit. Hon. Charles Vereker. He d. umn. 2S May 1817, in his 75th year, at Gort Castle, co. Galway. II. 1817. 2. Charles (Vereker), Viscount Gort and Baron Iyiltarton OK G011T [I.], nephew and h. to both the peerage dignities [I.], according to the spec rem. in the creations thereof. He was s. and h. of Thomas Veuekek, of Roxborough, co. Limerick, by Juliana, sister of John (Prexdergast-Smytu), 1st Viscount Gout [I.], abovenamed. He was b. 1768 ; M.P. for Limerick, 1795 — 1S00, and 1802-17, having distinguished himself greatly, 5 Sep. 1798, in opposing tho invasion of the French, at Coloony ; Constable of Limerick Castle ; Col. of the Limerick City Militia ; P.C. [I.], 1810 ; sue. to the peerage [I.], 1S17, Ref. Peer [I.], 1S23-42. He m. firstly, 7 Nov. 1789, Jane, widow of William Stamer, da. of Ralph M'ESTRorr, of Attyflyn, co. Limerick, by Mary, da. and coheir of William Johnson, of Lizars, co. Limerick. She d. 19 Feb. 1798. He. m secondly, 5 March 1810, Elizabeth, da. of John Paluskr, of Derryluskan, co. Tipperary by ( -), da. of William Barton. He d. 11 Nov. 1842, at his residence in Dublin. His widow d. 2 April 1858, at Petersham, co. Surrey. III. 1842. 3. John Prendergast (Vereker), Viscount Gort, &c. [I.], s. and h., by first wife; 6. 1 July 1790, in Limerick; M.P. for Limerick, 1817-20 ; sue. to the peerage [I.], 1812 ; Hon. Col. of the Limerick city Artillery, 1842 ; Rei-. Peek fl.], April to Oct. 1S65. He m. firstly, 15 Dec. 1811, Maria, 1st da. of Standish (O'Grady), 1st Viscount Guillamore [I.], by Katharine, da. of John Thomas Waller. She cl. 4 April 1854. He m. secondly, 10 June 1861, Elizabeth Mary, widow of George Tudor, da. and h. of John Jones. He d. 20 Oct. 1865, aged 75, at East Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight. His widow d. there, 11 Oct. 1880, in her 90th year. IV. 1865. 4- Standish Prendergast (Vereker), Viscount Gort and Baron Kiltahton of Gort [I.], 2d but 1st surv. s. and h., by first wife ; b. 6 July 1819 in Dublin ; ed. at Trin. Coll., Dublin ; B.A., 1840; M.A., 1843 ; High Sheriff of co. Galway 1844 ; Col. of the Limerick Militia Artillery, 1S63 ; sue. to the peerage [I.], 1865. He m. 4 May 1847, Caroline Harriet, 3d da. of Henry Hall (Gage), 4th Viscount Gage [I.], by Elizabeth Maria, da. of the Hon. Edward Foley. She, who was b. 23 July 1823, d. at 1 Portman square, Midx, 8 May 1888, aged 63. Family Estates— These, in 1883, appear to have been under 2,000 acres, having, for the most part, been previously sold to Viscount Gough. GOSFORD and GOSFORD OF MARKET HILL. Barony [I.] jf, Sir Archibald Acheson, Bart. [&], of Mullap;])- I 1776. brack, co. Armagh, s. and h. of Sir Arthur A., Bart. [S.], by Anne, da. of the Rt. Hon. Philip Savage, Chancellor of the Viscountcy [I.] Exchequer [I.], was b. 1 and bap. 29 Sep. 1718 ; M.P. for Dublin T 17R r Univ., 1741-60, having sue. his father, 14 Feb. 1748/9, in the '° 0, family estates [I.],andtheBaronetcy [S.] ;Dep.Gov. of co. Armagh, '*) The three extinctions used for this creation, under tho Act of Union, were _ the Earldom of Macartney (Macartney) [2] the Barony of Lavington (Payne) and 3] the Barony of Penrhyn (Pennant,)