On his marriage in 1775 to Mary, daughter and heir of Arthur Meredyth, he assumed the additional name of Meredyth before that of Gorges.
[1] Gorges-Meredyth represented Enniskillen in the Irish House of Commons between 1768 and 1776.
[2] In 1787 he was created a Baronet, of Catharines Grove in the Baronetage of Ireland.
[2] He died without male issue, when his title became extinct.
He was the grandfather of William Somerville, 1st Baron Athlumney.