John Gore (Royal Navy officer)
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Admiral Sir John Gore, KCB
(9 February 1772, County Kilkenny
, Ireland
– 21 August 1836, Datchet
, Buckinghamshire
) was a British naval commander of the 18th and 19th centuries. His father was Colonel John Gore.
on 24 May 1794. He was made Post Captain on 12 November 1794.
While commanding the 32-gun frigate HMS Medusa, he took part in the Action of 5 October 1804
. He was made a Rear-Admiral on 4 December 1813, and a Vice-Admiral on 27 May 1825. He served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station
from 1831 to 1834.
In fiction, he appears in Hornblower and the Hotspur
as the Medusas captain.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(9 February 1772, County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. The territory of the county was the core part of the ancient Irish Kingdom of Osraige which in turn was the core of the Diocese of...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
– 21 August 1836, Datchet
Datchet
Datchet is an English Thameside village and civil parish situated in the unitary authority of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire. It was transferred to Berkshire from Buckinghamshire in 1974....
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
) was a British naval commander of the 18th and 19th centuries. His father was Colonel John Gore.
Naval career
Gore joined the Royal Navy in August 1781, as a Captain's Servant, and would have served as a Midshipman, before gaining promotion to Lieutenant on 26 November 1789 and CommanderCommander (Royal Navy)
Commander is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It is immediately junior to captain and immediately senior to the rank of lieutenant commander...
on 24 May 1794. He was made Post Captain on 12 November 1794.
While commanding the 32-gun frigate HMS Medusa, he took part in the Action of 5 October 1804
Action of 5 October 1804
The Battle of Cape Santa Maria was a naval action that took place off the southern Portuguese coast, in which a British squadron under the command of Commodore Graham Moore attacked a Spanish squadron commanded by Brigadier Don José de Bustamante y Guerra, in time of peace, without...
. He was made a Rear-Admiral on 4 December 1813, and a Vice-Admiral on 27 May 1825. He served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station
East Indies and China Station
The East Indies and China Station was a formation of the British Royal Navy from 1831 to 1865.-History:The Station was formed in 1831; it ceased to exist when it was separated into the East Indies Station and the China Station in 1865. Its area covered the Indian Ocean and the coasts of China and...
from 1831 to 1834.
Family
On 15 August 1808, at St George's, Hanover Square, he married Georgiana Montagu, daughter of Admiral Sir George Montagu and Charlotte Wroughton. The couple had four children:- Lieutenant John Gore (d. 1835)
- Hon. Georgiana Stuart Gore (d 18 July 1877)
- Anne Gore (d 23 July 1877) - the mother of Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe
- Maria Gore (d 8 March 1902)
In fiction, he appears in Hornblower and the Hotspur
Hornblower and the Hotspur
Hornblower and the Hotspur is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester.It is the third book in the series chronologically, but the tenth by order of publication.-Plot summary:...
as the Medusas captain.