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Harlech, Baron (UK, 1876)

Creation:let. pat. 14 Jan 1876

Family name:Ormsby-Gore

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Gules a Fess between three Cross Crosslets fitchy Or (Gore);  2nd and 3rd, Gules a Bend between six Cross Crosslets Or (Ormsby)

Crests:

1st:  an Heraldic Tiger rampant Argent;  2nd:  a Dexter Arm embowed in armour proper holding in the hand a Man's Leg also in armour couped at the thigh

Supporters:

Dexter:  an Heraldic Tiger Argent maned and tufted Sable ducally gorged Or;  Sinister:  a Lion Or

Motto:

In Hoc Signo Vinces (Under this sign thou shalt conquer)

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1.John Ralph [Ormsby-Gore], 1st Baron Harlech

1st son of William Gore later Ormsby-Gore MP, of Brogyntyn, co. Salop., by his wife Mary Jane Ormsby, only dau. and hrss. of Owen Ormsby, of Porkington, co. Salop., and of Willowbrook, co. Sligo

born3 Jun 1816

mar.4 Jun 1844 Sarah Tyrrell (d. 17 Jan 1898), 3rd dau. and cohrss. of Sir John Tyssen Tyrell, 2nd Bt., of Boreham House, co. Essex, by his wife Elizabeth Anne Pilkington, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir Thomas Pilkington, 7th Bt.

dieds.p.m. 15 Jun 1876

created14 Jan 1876 Baron Harlech, of Harlech in the County of Merioneth, with a special remainder failing heirs male of his body to his brother William Richard Ormsby-Gore

suc. bybrother

2.William Richard [Ormsby-Gore], 2nd Baron Harlech

born3 Mar 1819

mar.10 Sep 1850 Lady Emily Charlotte Seymour (raised to the rank of the daughter of a Marquess by Royal Warrant 7 Feb 1871; d. 10 Jan 1892), 3rd dau. of Adm Sir George Francis Seymour GCB GCH (and sister of Francis George Hugh [Seymour], 5th Marquess of Hertford), by his wife Georgiana Mary Berkeley, dau. of Adm Hon Sir George Cranfield Berkeley GCB (2nd son of Augustus [Berkeley], 4th Earl of Berkeley), by his wife Emily Charlotte Lennox, 2nd dau. of Lord George Henry Lennox MP (2nd son of Charles [Lennox], 2nd Duke of Richmond), by his wife Lady Louisa Kerr, 1st dau. of William Henry [Kerr], 4th Marquess of Lothian

died26 Jun 1904

suc. byson

3.Ralph Charles [Ormsby-Gore], 3rd Baron Harlech, KCB

born21 Jan 1855

mar.25 Jul 1881 Lady Margaret Ethel Gordon (d. 25 Apr 1950), 4th dau. of Charles [Gordon], 10th Marquess of Huntly, by his second wife Maria Antoinetta Pegus, only surv. dau. of Rev Peter William Pegus

died8 May 1938

suc. byson

4.William George Arthur [Ormsby-Gore], 4th Baron Harlech, KG GCMG PC

born11 Apr 1885

mar.12 Apr 1913 Lady Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil DCVO, 1st dau. of James Edward Hubert [Gascoyne-Cecil], 4th Marquess of Salisbury, by his wife Lady Cicely Alice Gore, 2nd dau. of Arthur Saunders William Charles Fox [Gore], 5th Earl of Arran

died14 Feb 1964

suc. byson

notePostmaster-General Sep to Nov 1931;  First Commissioner of Works 1931-36;  Secretary of State for the Colonies 1936-38;  Constable of Harlech Castle 1938-64;  Constable of Caernarvon Castle 1945-63

5.William David [Ormsby-Gore], 5th Baron Harlech, KCMG PC

born20 May 1918

mar. (1)9 Feb 1940 Sylvia Thomas (d. 30 May 1967), dau. of Hugh Lloyd Thomas CMG CVO, by his wife Hon Gwendoline Ada Bellew (granted precedence as the daughter of a Baron by Royal Warrant 19 Oct 1935), 1st dau. of Hon Richard Bellew (by his first wife Ada Kate Gilbey, 2nd dau. of Henry Parry Gilbey, of Stanstead, co. Essex), 4th son of Edward Joseph [Bellew], 2nd Baron Bellew

mar. (2)11 Dec 1969 Pamela Colin, only dau. of Ralph F Colin, of New York City, USA

died26 Jan 1985

suc. byson by first wife

noteMinister of State for Foreign Affairs 1957-61;  Ambassador to USA 1961-65

6.Francis David [Ormsby-Gore], 6th Baron Harlech

born13 Mar 1954

mar. 1986 Amanda Jane Grieve, dau. of Alan Thomas Grieve, of Stoke Lodge, Ludlow, co. Shropshire, by his first wife Anne Dulake

children

1.Hon Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore (b. 1 Jul 1986)

1.Hon Tallulah Sylvia Maria Ormsby-Gore (b. 16 May 1988)

 Last updated 31 Jan 2004

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Title:

6th Baron Harlech, of Harlech in the County of Merioneth

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 14 Jan 1876)

Address:

The Mount, Racecourse Road, Oswestry, Salop SY10 7PH

Tel:  01691 652027

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