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Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet (c. 1640 – 20 December 1697)[1] was an Irish soldier and politician. Gore was the second son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Wycliffe, daughter of Francis Wycliffe. In 1656, he was High Sheriff of Mayo and additionally High Sheriff of County Galway.[1] He was appointed constable of Fort Falkland for life in August 1660 and in December of that year he became major of a company of foot.[2] He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1661 and represented Mayo until 1666. On 10 April 1662, he was created a Baronet, of Newtown, in the County of Mayo. He served as Sheriff for Mayo again in 1670 and was nominated High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1677.[1]
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