John Ormsby-Gore, 1st Baron Harlech


John Ralph Ormsby-Gore, 1st Baron Harlech, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.

Biography

Lord Harlech was the eldest son of William Ormsby-Gore, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, and Mary Jane Ormsby. He was elected to the House of Commons for Carnarvonshire in 1837, a seat he held until 1841, and later represented North Shropshire from 1859 to 1876.
On 14 January 1876, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Harlech, of Harlech in the County of Merioneth, with remainder to his brother William in the absence of male heirs.

Marriage and children

Lord Harlech married Sarah, daughter of Sir John Tyssen Tyrrell, 2nd Baronet, on 4 June 1844. They had one child:
Lord Harlech died on 15 June 1876, aged 60, having held the title for only five months. As he had no son, he was succeeded according to the special remainder by his brother William.
Lady Harlech died in 1898.

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