Background
Herbert F. Hore was born at Clonattin, Gorey, Company Wexford, Ireland, 14 March 1817. His father was Herbert William Hore (b November 1783 - d 11 January 1823) of Pole Hore, near Killurin, Company
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He was Captain of His Majesty’s Ship Freija.
Career
The Hore family, of which he was a member, were relatively large landowners and first arrived in Company Wexford in the early stages of the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland and from that time onwards they played a prominent role in the history of the county. His mother was Eliza Curling of West Hatch, Essex.
There were four children by this marriage, including Herbert Francis, Edward George (b 17 September 1823), Mary (b at Clonattin, died young), and Eliza-Sara.
Edward George Hore was a Midshipman in the Royal Navy. His mother remarried after Herbert"s father died.
There were two children from this marriage - Henry Charles Grosvenor Bedford (b 26 January 1827) and Mary Frances Bedford. Hore died at Kildare Street, Dublin, 15 August 1865.
He committed suicide.
He was buried at Glasnevin, Company Dublin, 18 August 1865.
Membership
During his life he was also a Justice of the Peace (Justice of the Peace) for Company Wexford, Secretary of the Fishery Commission of Ireland, and a Member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.
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Irish