John Gore (Royal Navy officer)
- John Gore (Royal Navy officer)
Infobox Military Person
name=John Gore
caption=
born= 9 February 1772
died=21 August 1836
placeofbirth=County Kilkenny, Ireland
placeofdeath=Datchet, Buckinghamshire
nickname=
allegiance=Kingdom of Great Britain
Great Britain and Ireland
branch=Royal Navy
serviceyears=1781-1836
rank=Admiral
unit=
commands=
battles=French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
awards=Order of the Bath
relations=
laterwork=
Sir John Gore, KCB (9 February 1772, County Kilkenny, Ireland - 21 August 1836, Datchet, Buckinghamshire) was a British naval commander of the 18th and 19th centuries. His father was Colonel John Gore.
His joined the Royal Navy in August 1781, as a Captain's Servant, and would have served as a Midshipman, before gaining promotion to Lieutenant on 26 November 1789 and Commander on 24 May 1794. He was made Post Captain on 12 November 1794.
While commanding the 32-gun frigate HMS "Medusa", he took part in the Action of 5 October 1804. He was made a Rear-Admiral on 4 December 1813, and a Vice-Admiral on 27 May 1825.
On 15 August 1808, at St George's, Hanover Square, he married Georgiana Montagu, daughter of Admiral Sir George Montagu and Charlotte Wroughton. The couple had four children:
*Lieutenant John Gore (d. 1835)
*Hon. Georgiana Stuart Gore (baptised 1824, died 18 July 1877)
*Anne Gore (baptised 1832, died 23 July 1877) - the mother of Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe
*Maria Gore (baptised 1836, died 8 March 1902)
In fiction, he appears in "Hornblower and the Hotspur" as the "Medusa"'s captain.
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