Gore Baronets - Gore, Later Gore-Booth, of Artarman (1760)

Gore, Later Gore-Booth, of Artarman (1760)

The Gore, later Gore-Booth Baronetcy, of Artarman in the County of Sligo, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 30 August 1760 for Booth Gore, descendant of Sir Francis Gore, 4th son of the 1st Baronet (1622 creation). He married Lætitia, daughter and heiress of Humphrey Booth. The family has a common origin with the Earl of Arran, Earl Temple of Stowe, Baron Harlech and Gore Baronet (1622 creation).

In 1804 the 3rd Baronet assumed the additional surname of Booth by Royal license . The 4th Baronet represented County Sligo in the British House of Commons for many years. The Irish nationalist Constance, Countess Markiewicz, was born the daughter of the 5th baronet Sir Henry Gore-Booth of this branch. This family built Lissadell House (associated with the Nobel Laureate William Butler Yeats) and owned it until 2003.

The present holder of the title, Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth, 9th Bt. (born 1950) is also in remainder to the Gore Baronetcy of Magherabegg. Since he has no sons, his cousin Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth (b. 1968) is the heir presumptive to the baronetcy. The heir presumptive, Paul, is the only son of the late Sir David Gore-Booth, former British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and High Commissioner to India (d. 2007). and the grandson of a Life Peer Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth, himself son of Mordaunt Gore-Booth, younger son of the fifth Baronet. Paul is thus related to the Irish nationalist Constance, Countess Markiewicz.

• Sir Booth Gore, 1st Baronet (1712–1773)
• Sir Booth Gore, 2nd Baronet (d. 1804)
• Sir Robert Newcomen Gore-Booth, 3rd Baronet (d. 1814)
• Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet (1805–1876)
• Sir Henry William Gore-Booth, 5th Baronet (1843–1900)
• Sir Josslyn Augustus Richard Gore-Booth, 6th Baronet (1869–1944); whose death without surviving sons capable of managing the estate left it at the whims of courts. His youngest daughter Gabrielle (d. 1973) managed Lissadell for many years until the estate's forced sale in 1968; her sister Aideen (1916–1994) managed Lissadell House until her death.
• Sir Michael Savile Gore-Booth, 7th Baronet (1908–1987), eldest son of Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth. Mentally unstable or ill, Sir Michael was made a ward of court
• Sir Angus Josslyn Gore-Booth, 8th Baronet (1920–1996), youngest son of Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth; he was considered incapable of taking over the management of Lissadell estate, which passed by 1994 to his son Josslyn.
• Sir Josslyn Henry Robert Gore-Booth, 9th Baronet (b. 1950), who sold Lissadell House.