The Right Honourable
The Earl of Arran
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office
20 July 1994 – 12 January 1995
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThe Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Succeeded byThe Lord Inglewood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment
In office
11 January 1994 – 20 July 1994
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThe Baroness Denton of Wakefield
Succeeded bySir Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
22 April 1992 – 11 January 1994
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byRichard Needham
Succeeded byThe Baroness Denton of Wakefield
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
In office
28 November 1990 – 15 April 1992
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byKenneth Carlisle
Succeeded byThe Viscount Cranborne
In office
25 July 1989 – 26 July 1990
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byTim Sainsbury
Succeeded byKenneth Carlisle
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
18 June 1987 – 24 July 1989
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Baroness Hooper
Succeeded byThe Lord Reay
Member of the House of Lords
as a hereditary peer
30 April 1997 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 8th Earl of Arran
Succeeded bySeat abolished
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999
Election1999
Preceded bySeat established
Personal details
Born (1938-07-14) 14 July 1938
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Eleanor van Cutsem
​
(m. 1974)​
Children2
Parent(s)The 8th Earl of Arran
Fiona Colquhoun
Alma materEton College
Balliol College, Oxford
Arms of Gore: Gules, a fesse between three cross-crosslets fitchée or

Arthur Desmond Colquhoun Gore, 9th Earl of Arran (born 14 July 1938), styled Viscount Sudley between 1958 and 1983, is a British peer and Lord Temporal in the House of Lords, sitting with the Conservative Party.[1][2]

Early life

Lord Arran was born in Westminster, the eldest son of The 8th Earl of Arran and the former Fiona Colquhoun, first daughter of Sir Iain Colquhoun of Luss, 7th Baronet.[3] He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.

Career

He served in the Grenadier Guards, gaining the rank of second lieutenant. He was the assistant manager of the Daily Mail, then assistant general manager of the Daily Express and the Sunday Express in the 1970s. He was a director of Waterstone's (1984–87).[1]

He succeeded as 9th Earl of Arran of the Aran Islands on 23 February 1983, upon the death of his father.[1] In the Lords, Lord Arran has played an active role for the Conservative Party, serving in several junior ministerial roles.

Marriage and children

On 28 September 1974, Arran married Eleanor van Cutsem, daughter of Bernard van Cutsem and Lady Margaret Fortescue, and granddaughter of Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue, and heiress of the Fortescue seat of Castle Hill, in Devon. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2008. Lord and Lady Arran run the Fortescue family's stately home, Castle Hill House and gardens in Devon, as a venue for weddings and corporate hospitality.[4] He has no son, but has two daughters:

  • Lady Laura Melissa Fortescue-Gore (born 14 June 1975), who married Major James Duckworth-Chad (maternal great-grandson of 7th Earl Spencer) on 16 October 2004. They have four children.
  • Lady Lucy Katherine Fortescue-Gore (born 26 October 1976)

Heir presumptive

Since Lord Arran has no sons by his wife, and all other lines of descent from the 4th Earl of Arran have died out, his heir presumptive is currently his very distant cousin, William Henry Gore (born 1950), who lives in Australia, descended from the youngest brother of the 4th Earl.[5]

Arms

Coat of arms of Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran
Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
A Wolf rampant Argent collared Gules
Escutcheon
Gules a Fess between three Cross Crosslets fitchée Or
Supporters
On either side a Horse argent
Motto
In Hoc Signo Vinces (Under this sign thou shalt conquer)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 144. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ↑ "ARRAN", Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009; online edn, Nov 2009.
  3. ↑ Steven, Alasdair (10 June 2013). "Obituary: Countess Arran, power-boat champion". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Castle Hill House and gardens".
  5. ↑ Debrett's Peerage, 2015, p.48 (son of Paul Annesley Gore (1921-2012))
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