William Gore (Lord Mayor of London)

Sir William Gore (1644 - 1707) was Lord Mayor of London from 1701-02,[1] having been elected Alderman for the City Ward of Coleman Street in 1690.

[2] A successful merchant, Gore was appointed a founding Director of the Bank of England in 1694 before serving as Governor of the Hamburg and Levant Companies.

[3][4] The son of William Gore, barrister-at-law, of Morden, Surrey and his wife Jane née Smith, Sir William was a grandson of Sir John Gore, Lord Mayor of London (died 1636), a kinsman of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran, and great-uncle of William Gore-Langton, MP.

[5] In 1704, Sir William bought the lordship of the manor of Tring and built Tring Park.

[7] Three of their sons were MPs: William,[8][9] Thomas and John Gore.