Viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland and (extinct) the United Kingdom
Viscountcy of Gort
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure on a Chevron Or a Chaplet Vert (Vereker); 2nd and 3rd, Gules a Saltire Vairy Or and Azure (Prendergast)
Creation date
16 January 1816
Creation
First
Created by
George III
Peerage
Peerage of Ireland
First holder
John Prendergast-Smyth, 1st Baron Kiltarton
Present holder
Foley Robert Standish Prendergast Vereker, 9th Viscount Gort
Heir apparent
The Hon. Robert Foley Prendergast Vereker
Subsidiary titles
Baron Kiltarton
Status
Extant
Seat(s)
The Coach House
Viscount Gort is the title of two peerages in British and Irish history. Gort is a small town in County Galway in the West of Ireland. The original title was in the Peerage of Ireland and is extant. A viscountcy with the same title as the Irish peerage was then conferred in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to a later Lord Gort. This gave the distinguished descendant a subtle personal change of status, whilst preserving the heritage of the older title. The United Kingdom title, however, became extinct on the death of the original recipient, who remains perhaps the most illustrious bearer of the older title to date. A post-World War II unqualified reference to "Lord Gort" will almost always be to the sixth viscount.
ViscountGort is the title of two peerages in British and Irish history. Gort is a small town in County Galway in the West of Ireland. The original title...
Gort (Irish: Gort Inse Guaire or An Gort) is a town of around 2,800 inhabitants in County Galway in the west of Ireland. Located near the border with County...
field armies along the northern coast of France. BEF commander General ViscountGort immediately saw evacuation across the Channel as the best course of...
The Viscount Monck was created after the Acts of Union 1800. It takes precedence after earlier Viscountcies of the United Kingdom. The ViscountGort was...
may refer to: John Vereker, 3rd ViscountGort (1790–1865), Irish peer and politician John Vereker, 5th ViscountGort (1849–1902), Anglo-Irish peer, landowner...
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL (/məntˈɡʌməri ... ˈæləmeɪn/; 17 November 1887 – 24 March...
created ViscountGort in 1816. Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet (died 1709) Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet (died 1760) ViscountGort Leigh Rayment's...
General, later Field Marshal, John Vereker, 6th ViscountGort, did not get along well together. Gort disliked Hore-Belisha for his colourful personality...
2023 following the death of the 5th Viscount. The family seat was originally established by the 1st Viscount near Gort at Lough Cutra Castle in County Galway...
Charles Vereker, 2nd ViscountGort (1768–1842), Irish soldier and politician Colin Leopold Prendergast Vereker, 8th ViscountGort (1916–1995), peer and...
World War Victoria Cross recipient John Vereker, later Field Marshal ViscountGort, was mentioned in despatches nine times, as was the Canadian general...
5th ViscountGort in 1885. Their first son John Vereker, 6th ViscountGort VC was succeeded in 1946 by his brother Standish Vereker, 7th Viscount MC who...
(1764–1765, 1776–1777), MP and Colonel of Limerick Militia John Vereker, 3rd ViscountGort (1831–1832), MP and later Irish Peer Stephen O'Mara (1885–1887), nationalist...
19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron. As of 2016, there were 135 titles in the Peerage of Ireland...
collapsed. In 1956, the castle was purchased and restored by the 7th ViscountGort, with assistance from the Office of Public Works. He reroofed the castle...
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