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William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 11 April 1885

Died: 14 February 1964

Peerages

4th Baron Harlech - 8 May 1938

Member of Privy Council - 7 February 1927

father of William David Ormsby-Gore

husband of Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil

father-in-law of Maurice Victor Macmillan

son of George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore

son of Lady Margaret Gordon

grandson of Charles Gordon

son-in-law of James Edward Hubert Gascoyne Cecil

Education

Eton College

New College, Oxford

Appointments

Elections fought

19 January 1910		Denbigh District of Boroughs	Conservative Party	2,437	50.10
9 December 1910		Denbigh District of Boroughs	Conservative Party	2,385	50.09
14 December 1918		Stafford	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	8,304	66.39
15 November 1922		Stafford	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,990	58.89
6 December 1923		Stafford	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,823	53.87
29 October 1924		Stafford	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,404	62.10
30 May 1929		Stafford	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,324	45.09
27 October 1931		Stafford	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,467	68.13
14 November 1935		Stafford	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,175	56.38
8 May 1938 Succession of Rt Hon William Ormsby-Gore to the Peerage - 4th Baron Harlech.