GORE, CHARLES, third son of Charles Gore, Horkstow, Lincs., director English Factory at Hamburg, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir James Dolliff, Kt; b. 5 Dec 1729; adm. Feb 1742/3 (Deane's); entered counting house of his uncle John Gore, banker, but left it on his marriage; devoted himself to shipbuilding and mechanical construction; High Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1757; living in Italy 1773-9, 1782-3; settled at Weimar, Germany, in 1791, and became a close friend of Goethe; member, Society of Dilettanti 1781; m. 1753 Mary Cocknal (or Cockerell ?), Scarborough, Yorks.; d. at Weimar 22 Jan 1807.
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