Sir Francis Knox-Gore, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Knox-Gore, 1st Baronet (1803 – 25 May 1873) was an Anglo-Irish baronet.
Knox-Gore was the son of James Knox-Gore and Lady Maria Louisa Gore, daughter of Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College Dublin. Knox-Gore was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Sligo on 5 December 1831. In 1840 he served as High Sheriff of Mayo. On 5 December 1868 he was created a baronet, of Belleek Manor in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] He gained the rank of Colonel in the Sligo Rifle Regiment of Militia.
He married Sarah Knox was succeeded in his title by his eldest son, Charles.
References
[edit]- ^ Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire (London: Harrison 1869) p.497.