File:Ralph Gore, Viscount Belleisle and 1st Earl of Ross (by Thomas Spencer).jpg

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Ralph Gore, Viscount Belleisle and 1st Earl of Ross (by Thomas Spencer)

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English: Thomas Spencer (British, active circa 1730 - circa 1763)

Ralph Gore, Viscount Belleisle and 1st Earl of Ross (1725-1802) on his bay hunter in a landscape

later inscribed lower left: RALPH GORE / EARL OF ROSS

oil on canvas

101 x 137.5 cm.; 39¾ x 54⅛ in.

The sitter was born at Belle Isle Castle, the second son of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt., and his second wife Elizabeth, only daughter of St. George Ashe, Bishop of Clogher. A distinguished soldier and politician he was created Earl of Ross in 1772, a title that had been dormant since the previous Earl of Ross had become King Charles I in 1625. Ralph Gore was a cousin of Hannah Gore (who was married to Nathaniel Clements, the 1st Earl of Leitrim’s father) and also married her youngest daughter, Alice - making him the brother-in-law of Robert Clements, 1st Lord Leitrim.
Date 18th century
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/royal-and-noble/thomas-spencer-ralph-gore-viscount-belleisle-and
Author Thomas Spencer (British, active circa 1730 - circa 1763)

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