Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet
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Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet of Artarman, Sligo (25 August 1805 – 21 December 1876), was member of Parliament for County Sligo 1850-1876 and landowner, who built Lissadell House, Sligo, Ireland.
The Gore-Booth Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 30 August 1760 for Booth Gore, a descendant of the ancient Booths of Dunham Massey, via Sir Robert Booth (1626-1681), Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland whose second son, Humphrey, a Canon of Dublin [1] married Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland's niece.
Sir Robert Gore-Booth, the 4th baronet was an Anglo-Irish landowner who was accused of evicting starving his tenant farmers during the period of the Great Irish famine and of packing them into coffin ships to emigrate. Contradictory reports state that he mortgaged his estates and assisted his tenants by both providing them with food and refusing to accept any rents during the famine.[1]
[edit] References
- Sir Robert Gore-Booth: http://www.sligoheritage.com/archpomano.htm
- ^ "The Gore-Booth and Warwick Families". Rootsweb Gore-Booth. Retrieved on 29 June 2007.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Baronetage page.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Ormsby-Gore John Ffolliott |
Member of Parliament for County Sligo 1850–1876 with William Ormsby-Gore 1850–1852 Richard Swift 1852–1857 Edward Joshua Cooper 1857–1859 Charles Cooper 1859–1865 Edward Henry Cooper 1865–1868 Denis O'Conor 1868–1876 |
Succeeded by Denis O'Conor Edward King-Harman |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by Sir Francis Knox-Gore, Bt |
Lord Lieutenant of Sligo 1868–1876 |
Succeeded by Edward Henry Cooper |
| Baronetage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Robert Gore-Booth |
Baronet (of Artarman) 1814–1876 |
Succeeded by Henry William Gore-Booth |
