GORE, William (c.1675-1739), of Tring, Herts.

b. c. 1675, 1st s. of Sir William Gore, Mercer, of London and Tring, gov. Hamburg and Levant Cos., dir. Bank of Eng., alderman of London and ld. mayor 1701–2, by Elizabeth, da. of Walter Hampton, Mercer, of St. Stephen, Coleman Street and St. Botolph, Aldersgate, London; bro. of John† and Thomas Gore†. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1691. m. 12 May 1709 (with £6,000), Lady Mary (d. 1737), da. of George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1708. Beaven, Aldermen, i. 111; N. and Q. clxxix. 38, 61; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 83; Add. 51324, f. 25; HMC Downshire, i. 875; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 502.