Richard B. Gore

Born in Plymouth in January 1840, Gore was a student in the Military Department at King’s in 1855-56. His father, Henry Ross Gore, was a Colonel and was awarded a CB. Richard Gore had received some education in Ireland before coming to King’s. After leaving King’s, Gore passed the civil service examinations and worked in the War Office for 3 years. He subsequently relocated to Auckland, New Zealand, in 1862, before moving again to Christchurch and then Dunedin. He married his wife, Mary Gore (nee Murphy) in St Paul’s Church, Dunedin. Gore died in Wellington in January 1904 aged 64.