Social Victorians/People/Gort

Also Known As edit

  • Family name: Vereker (at the end of the 19th century)
  • Viscount Gort
    • Standish Prendergast Vereker, 4th Viscount Gort (20 October 1865 – 9 January 1900)
    • John Gage Prendergast Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort (9 January 1900 – 15 August 1902)
    • John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (15 August 1902 – 31 March 1946)
  • Viscountess Gort
    • Caroline Harriet Gage Vereker (20 October 1865 – 8 May 1888)
    • Eleanor Surtees Vereker (9 January 1900 – 28 February 1933)
    • Corinna Katherine Vereke, (23 February 1911 – 5 October 1940)
  • Dowager Viscountess Gort
    • Eleanor Surtees Vereker (23 February 1911 – 28 February 1933)

Demographics edit

  • Nationality: Irish

Family edit

  • Standish Prendergast Vereker, 4th Viscount Gort (1819 – 9 January 1900)
  • Caroline Harriet Gage Vereker (23 July 1823 – 8 May 1888)
  1. Elizabeth Maria Vereker (– 19 July 1958?)
  2. Isolda Caroline Vereker (– 10 September 1927)
  3. Mabel Elizabeth Vereker (– 8 February 1930)
  4. Laline Maria Vereker (– 15 June 1929)
  5. Corinna Julia Vereker (– 25 August 1945)
  6. John Gage Prendergast Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort (28 January 1849 – 15 August 1902)
  7. Foley Charles Prendergast Vereker (21 June 1850 – 24 October 1900)
  8. Standish William Prendergast Vereker (23 February 1854 – 22 January 1879)
  9. Jeffrey Edward Prendergast Vereker (27 March 1858 – 2 January 1940)


  • Eleanor Surtees Vereker (– 28 February 1933)
  • John Gage Prendergast Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort (28 January 1849 – 15 August 1902)
  1. John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946)
  2. Standish Robert Gage Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort (12 February 1888 – 1975)
  • Colonel Starling Meux Benson


  • Corinna Katherine Vereker (4 July 1891 – 5 October 1940)
  • John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit

Timeline edit

1847 May 4, Standish Prendergast Vereker and the Hon. Caroline Harriet Gage married.

1885 January 28, John Gage Prendergast Vereker and Eleanor Surtees married.

1900 January 9, Standish Prendergast Vereker, 4th Viscount Gort, died, making John Gage Prendergast Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort.

1908 June 27, Eleanor Surtees Vereker and Colonel Starling Meux Benson married.

1911 February 23, John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker and Corinna Katherine married.

'1925, Corinna Katherine Vereke and John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker divorced.

Questions and Notes edit

  1. The Verekers were Irish, though for John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, the title was in the British peerage as well as the Irish one, but the British title was in the 20th century and became extinct on his death.

Bibliography edit

  • "Corinna Katherine Vereker." Person Page – 4625." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://www.thepeerage.com/p4625.htm#i46248 (accessed June 2015).
  • "Eleanor Surtees." "Person Page – 4626." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://www.thepeerage.com/p4626.htm#i46258 (accessed June 2015).
  • "Field Marshall John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort." "Person Page – 4625." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://www.thepeerage.com/p4625.htm#i46247 (accessed June 2015).
  • "Hon. Caroline Harriet Gage." "Person Page – 4627." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://www.thepeerage.com/p4627.htm#i46262 (accessed June 2015).
  • "John Gage Prendergast Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort." "Person Page – 4626." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://www.thepeerage.com/p4626.htm#i46257 (accessed June 2015).
  • "Standish Prendergast Vereker, 4th Viscount Gort." "Person Page – 4627." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe http://www.thepeerage.com/p4627.htm#i46261 (accessed June 2015).