Career
He was appointed High Sheriff of County Limerick for 1770. He was also Colonel of the Limerick Militia. John was later ennobled as the first Viscount Gort.
Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet, who was killed in action at the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709, and Penelope Cadogan, sister of William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan.
