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 ARRAN COMPLETE PEERAGE 227 at his lodgings next the Tilt yard, Whitehall, 17, and was bur. 23 Dec. 1758, at St. Margaret's, Westm., when all the Honours [I. and E.] which had been conferred on him, as also the Dukedom and Marquessate of Ormonde [I.] (which had been conferred on his grandfather, whose sole remaining issue male he was) became extinct ; while the right to the Earl- dom OF OssoRY AND Ormonde, i^c. [I.], devolvcd on the h. male of the body of the grantee. See " Ormonde, " Earldom of [I.]. Will dat. 19 Jan. 1757, pr. with two codicils 17 Jan. 1759. (") III. 1762. I. Sir Arthur Gore, Bart. [I.], of Castle Gore, co. Mayo, s. and h. of Sir Arthur Gore, Bart. [I.], of the same, by Elizabeth, ist da. of Maurice Annesley, of Little Rath, co. Kil- dare, b. 1703 ; Matric. 5, and ent. 15 Nov. 171 8 as Fellow Commoner at Trin. Coll., Dublin, B.A. 1722 ; adm. to Mid. Temple 25 July 1724 ; M.P. for Donegal borough 1727-58 ; Barrister King's Inns, Trin. 1730; Sheriff of CO. Wexford 1738, sue. his father 10 Feb. 1 741/2, was made P.C. [I.] 27 May 1748, and, on 15 Aug. 1758, was cr. BARON SAUNDERS OF DEEPS, CO. Wexford, and VISCOUNT SUDLEY OF CASTLE GORE, CO. Mayo [I.]. He took his seat in the House 16 Oct. 1759. On 12 Apr. 1762, he was cr. EARL OF ARRAN OF THE ARRAN ISLANDS, CO. Galway [I.], and took his seat, as such, four days later. Custos Rot. of CO. Mayo, 1762 till his death. He w., 16 Mar. 1 730/1, at St. Mary's, Dublin, Jane, widow of William Worth, of Rathfarnham, only da. and h. of Richard Saunders, (") of Saunders Court, co. Wexford, by ( — ) his wife. She was bap. 20 Dec. 1704, and d. 20 Mar. 1747. He d. 11 Apr. 1773, aged 70. Will pr. 1773, Prerog. Court [I.]. IV. 1773. ^- Arthur Saunders (Gore), Earl of Arran, f^'c, [I.], s. and h., b. 25 July 1734. Sheriff of co. Wexford 1757, and of CO. Mayo, 1765, as Viscount Sudley. M.P. for Donegal borough 1759-60, 1768-73, and for CO. Wexford 1761-68. P.C. [I.] 177 1. Custos Rot. of CO. Mayo, 1773-86. Took his seat in the House 26 Apr. 1774. On 5 Feb. 1783, he was nom. K.P., being one of the 15 original knights of that order. (") He m., istly, (mar. lie. Prerog. Ct. [1.] 12) much respected by the Jacobites, who had scarce any partizans left in whom they might venerate even a noble name. " (Horace Walpole.) " The Earl of Arran is a person of middle size, (much about the same height with his br. the Duke) and is of a sanguine complexion, and seems to be as modest as he is goodnatured. " (T.Hearne, 17 15.) V.G. C) Bishop Burnet's character of him, with Dean Swift's remarks thereon in italics, is as follows — " of very good sense, though seldom shews it ; of a fair com- plexion, middle stature, towards 40 years old. This is right, but he is the most negligent of his own affairs. " (*) He was s. of Joseph S., by Jane, da. of Henry Whitfield. C^) The Irish Order of St. Patrick was instituted by George III on 5 Feb. 1783, consisting of 15 Knights Companions who were then mentioned ; but,