George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech
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George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech (21 January 1855 - 8 May 1938) was the son and heir of William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech. He was educated at the College of Shropshire Yeomanry. He served as Justice of the Peace, High Sheriff, Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum in County Leitrim and Lord Lieutenant in County Merioneth. In Salop he served as Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant and was Member of Parliament for West Oswestry from 1901 to 1904. Ormsby-Gore was a military man of fair standing. He was a Captain of Coldstream Guards, commanded the Welsh Guards in 1915 and served as Chairman of the Salop Territorial Army Association. He succeeded his father as the 3rd Baron Harlech of Harlech in 1921 and served as Constable of Harlech Castle from 1927 to his death.
Harlech was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and served as Provincial Grand Master of Freemasonry in Shropshire from 1926 to 1938. He was a member of the Lodge of St. Oswald (No. 1124), which is now also know as the Harlech Lodge of Perfection.
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by: William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech |
Baron Harlech 1921–1938 |
Succeeded by: William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech |
