- Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort
Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort MC (1888-1975) was an
Irish peer ,connoisseur andcollector of fine art, antiques, andobjects d'art .Gort served in the British Army during the
First World War , with therank oflieutenant . He served under his brotherJohn Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort , in theSecond World War and was awarded theMilitary Cross . He boughtBunratty Castle ,County Clare ,Ireland in 1953. Encouraged by John Hunt he then set about refurbishing the castle with a large personal antique collection [ www.bunrattycollection.com/introduction.php - 9k] . He put a roof on the castle and generally saved it fromruin . It had not been lived in since the building ofBunratty House (now an attraction within the folk park). The castle later was run byShannon Development .The castle is today a
tourist attraction , with an Irish Victorian-themed folk park which was created around it. It is the most complete and authentically restored and furnished castle in Ireland. Theantiques with which Gort filled the castle remain, andvisitors to the castle may view them in situ. [www.jetsettersmagazine.com/archive/jetezine/food/ireland/bunratty/mead.html ] . LordGort generously donated the castle to the Irish people, along with its contents, and the castle and folk park are now run byShannon Development . Gort is commemorated at the castle by a plaque near theportcullis , and by portraits of him and Lady Gort in the castle.References
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* http://www.shannondev.ie/News/NewsReleases2007/Title,5733,en.html
* http://www.castles.ancientireland.org/bunratty/index.htm
* Munster historical review, p76. issue 3 01/05/2002.
* http://www.bunrattycollection.com/introduction.php - 9k]
* http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp61703http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?*LinkID=mp61703&rNo=0&role=sit
* http://www.thepeerage.com/p24101.htm
* Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
* http://www.travelireland.org/clare/index.html
* http://www.huntmuseum.com/framesets_hunts/hunts_frameset.html
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