St. George Richard Gore

St. George Gore
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Warwick
In office
2 May 1860 – 17 January 1862
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byJohn Jones
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
3 July 1863 – 16 August 1871
Personal details
Born
St. George Richard Gore

(1812-03-26)26 March 1812
Dublin, Ireland
Died16 August 1871(1871-08-16) (aged 59)
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
SpouseFrances Caldwell
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin
OccupationGrazier

St. George Richard Gore (26 March 1812 – 16 August 1871) was a grazier and politician in colonial Queensland, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and, later, the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]

Early life

Gore was born in Dublin, Ireland, eldest of five sons of Thomas Gore (brother of the 7th baronet, of Manor Gore, Donegal) and his wife Elizabeth, née Corbet.[1] Gore was of the same family as the Earls of Arran.[2] St George Gore was educated by his father and at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A., 1831; M.A., 1834). He was called to the Bar and practiced in London until 1839, having decided to emigrate.[1] Gore married in 1840 Frances, daughter of the late Edward Coldwell, of Lyndhurst, Southampton, England.[2]

Queensland grazier

Gore, along with brother Ralph Thomas Gore, arrived in Sydney aboard the Bengal in February 1840.[1] Gore moved to Moreton Bay district (now Queensland) and settled in the Warwick, Queensland district at Yandilla.[2]

Politics

Gore was elected to the first Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the Warwick Electorate[2] in May 1860.[3] He was Secretary for Lands and Works in the first Ministry formed under responsible government by Robert Herbert from January to March 1862. Nominated to the Queensland Legislative Council on 3 July 1863,[3] Gore took office in the first Arthur Macalister Government as Postmaster-General, and represented them in the Legislative Council from September 1866 to August 1867.[2] He was again Postmaster-General and leader of the Legislative Council in the Charles Lilley Ministry from January to May 1870.[2]

Later life

Gore died in Warwick, Queensland, Australia on 16 August 1871.[1]

Legacy

The All Saints Anglican Church in Yandilla, built by the Gore family, was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1992.[4]

The town of Gore in the Goondiwindi Region is named after him.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Morrison, A. A. "Gore, St George Richard (1812–1871)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Mennell, Philip (1892). "Gore, Hon. St. George Richard" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ a b "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ "All Saints Anglican Church and cemetery Yandilla (entry 600722)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Gore – locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 49641)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
Parliament of Queensland
New seat Member for Warwick
1860–1862 		Succeeded by