Viscount Gort

In 1816, the Viscount Gort title was created for the Irish politician John Prendergast-Smith (1742-1817). In 1810, he was created the title of Baron Kiltarton from Gort in County Galway ( Peerstvo Ireland ). He was the nephew of Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet (d. 1760). In 1760, after the death of his uncle, John Prendergast Smith inherited his estates. Lord Gort had no sons, he was succeeded in 1817 by his nephew , Charles Werker , the son of his sister Juliana from marriage to Thomas Werker. Charles Werker, 2nd Viscount Gort (1768–1842), represented Limerick in the Irish House of Commons (1794–1801) and in the British House of Commons (1802–1817). From 1824 to 1842, he served in the House of Lords of Great Britain as en: Representative Peer of Ireland Peer-Representative .

His son, John Prendergast Werker, 3rd Viscount Gort (1790-1865) became his successor. He also sat in the House of Commons from Limerick (1817-1820). In 1865, he was an Irish peer-representative in the House of Lords of Great Britain.

John Standish Certificates Prendergast Werker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886–1946), was a prominent British statesman and military figure. After the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, the Werker family emigrated and settled in the county of Durham (Scotland). He showed personal courage during the First World War, was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award of the British Empire. In 1937 - 1939 - Chief of the Imperial General Staff. He served as Governor of Gibraltar (1941-1942) and Malta (1942-1944), High Commissioner of Palestine and Transjordan (1944-1945). In 1943 he received the rank of Field Marshal of the British Army. In February 1946, the Viscount Gort title was created for him from Hamsterley Hall in Durham County ( United Kingdom Peerstvo ). The two sons of John Standish Werker, the 6th Viscount Gort, died during the life of his father, so after his death the title of the British Viscount was interrupted, and the Irish title of the Viscount Gort was inherited by his younger brother, Standish Wercker, 7th Viscount Gort (1888-1975).

The Honorable Standish Robert Gage Werker inherited the Viscount and Baron titles after the death in 1946 of his older brother, Field Marshal John Standish Werker. In 1934, he served as the supreme sheriff of Durham .

After his death in 1975, the title passed to his cousin, Colin Wercker, 8th Viscount Gort (1916-1995). Colin Werker was the grandson of the Honorable Foley Charles Prendergast Werker, the second son of the 4th Viscount Gort. The 8th Lord Gord resided on the Isle of Man , where he was a member of the House of Commons , the lower house of parliament on the island (1966-1971). In 1995, he was succeeded by his son, Foley Werker, 9th Viscount Gort (born 1951 ). He also lives on the Isle of Man .

• 1816–1817: John Prendergast Smith, 1st Viscount Gort (1742–23 May 1817), second son of Irish MP Charles Smith (1694–1784) and Elizabeth Prendergast
• 1817–1842: Charles Werker, 2nd Viscount Gort (1768–11 November 1842), the youngest son of Thomas Werker (1737–1801) and Juliana Smith (1735–1811), nephew of the previous
• 1842-1865: John Prendergast Werker, 3rd Viscount Gort (July 1, 1790 - October 20, 1865), the only son of the previous from his first marriage
• 1865-1900: Standish Prendergast Werker, 4th Viscount Gort (July 9, 1819 - January 9, 1900), the eldest son of the previous
• 1900-1902: John Gage Prendergast Werker, 5th Viscount Gort (January 28, 1849 - August 15, 1902), the eldest son of the previous
• 1902-1946: John Prendergast Standish Certification Werker, 6th Viscount Gort (July 10, 1886 - March 31, 1946), the eldest son of the previous
• 1946-1975: Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Werker, 7th Viscount Gort (February 12, 1888 - May 21, 1975), younger brother of the previous
• 1975-1995: Colin Leopold Prendergast Werker, 8th Viscount Gort (June 21, 1916 - April 6, 1995), the only son of Leopold George Prendergast Werker (1881-1937), grandson of the captain Hon. Foley Charles Prendergast Werker (1850-1900), great-grandson 4th Viscount Gort
• 1995 - present: Foley Robert Standish Prendergast Werker, 9th Viscount Gort (born October 24, 1951), the eldest son of the previous
  • Heir: The Honorable Robert Foley Prendergast Werker (born April 5, 1993), the only son of the previous one.

• February 8, 1946 - March 31, 1946: John Prendergast Standish Sertiz Werker, 6th Viscount Gort (July 10, 1886 - March 31, 1946), the eldest son of John Gage Prendergast Werker, 5th Viscount Gort. In 1946, this title was interrupted.

• Baronets Prendergast of Gort
• General Sir Ian Standish Montit Hamilton , grandson of 3rd Viscount Gort

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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