Background
Arran was the eldest son of Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran, by his first wife the Honorary
Arran was the eldest son of Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran, by his first wife the Honorary
Catherine Annesley. In 1783, he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Baltimore and Donegal Borough. He chose to sit for the first and represented the constituency until 1790. In 1800, he was returned for Donegal County until the Union with Great Britain took place at the end of the year.
Subsequently he sat then for County Donegal in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to 1806.
In 1809 he succeeded his father as third Earl of Arran, but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Lord Arran married Mary Tyrell, daughter of Sir John Tyrell, 5th Baronet, in 1787.
They had no children.
1st United Kingdom Parliament. 2nd United Kingdom Parliament.