Gort was born in London into the Prendergast Vereker noble dynasty, an old Anglo-Irisharistocratic family, and grew up in County Durham and the Isle of Wight. The family peerage, Viscount Gort, was named after Gort, a town in County Galway in the West of Ireland. His father was John Gage Prendergast Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort, a descendant of Thomas Gage and Margaret Kemble, and descendant from the Schuyler family, Van Cortlandt family, and the Delancey family from British North America.
Viscount Gort is the title of two peerages in British and Irish history. Gort is a small town in County Galway in the West of Ireland. The original title was in the Peerage of Ireland and is extant.
A viscountcy with the same title as the Irish peerage was then conferred in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to a later Lord Gort. This gave the distinguished descendant a subtle personal change of status, whilst preserving the heritage of the older title. The United Kingdom title, however, became extinct on death of the original recipient, who remains perhaps the most illustrious bearer of older title to date. A post-World War II unqualified reference to "Lord Gort" will almost always be to the sixth viscount.
Viscount Gort, Peerage of Ireland
The title was created in 1816 as an advancement or 'step' for an existing peer. John Prendergast Smyth had already been created Baron Kiltarton of Gort, in the County of Galway, also in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1810. John Prendergast-Smyth, Viscount Gort and Lord Kiltarton, was the nephew of Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet, and had succeeded to the Prendergast estates on the death of this uncle in 1760 (see Prendergast Baronets, of Gort). He was ineligible to inherit the title of his uncle, but the bequest enabled him to develop the status to merit a title of his own, of a higher degree, and subsequently to advance himself higher in the peerage system.
Lord Gort had no sons to inherit his two titles but, unusually, he had been able to secure a special remainder both in 1816 and in 1810, the remainder being in favour of his nephew Charles Vereker, the son of his sister Juliana by her marriage with Thomas Vereker.
Sir John Michael Medlicott Vereker, KCB, KStJ, FRSA, CInstM (born 9 August 1944) is an independent member of the Board of XL Group plc, and of a number of its subsidiaries and Committees; and an independent Director of MWH Global. He formerly had a distinguished public service career, culminating in his appointment as Permanent Secretary for International Development (1994–2002) and as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
Sir John was educated at Marlborough College, from which he won a scholarship to the University of Keele, graduating in 1967, when he joined the newly formed Ministry of Overseas Development. He moved to the World Bank, working under Robert McNamara, from 1969 to 1972. After returning to the Ministry of Overseas Development, he was appointed Private Secretary to three Labour Cabinet Ministers--Reg Prentice, Frank Judd and Judith Hart. In 1980 he was invited by the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher to join her staff in 10 Downing Street, where he served for three years as a member of the very small (three person) Policy Unit established by Sir John Hoskyns, working on public sector pay, the labour market and industrial disputes. He helped to establish the feasibility of withstanding a miner’s strike, and when the detailed strategy defined by the Policy Unit was successfully followed, the foundation of the labour market reforms of the 1980s had been laid.
Gort (/ˈɡɒrt/; Irish:Gort Inse Guaire or An Gort) is a town in south county Galway, in the west of Ireland. It lies just north of the border with County Clare on the main N18 Galway–Limerick road. Gort is situated in the territory of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne also known as Maigh Aidhne ("the plain of Aidhne"), which is coextensive with the diocese of Kilmacduagh / Cill Mhic Dhuach.
Gort is the Irish name of the twelfth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚌ, meaning "field", which is related to Welshgarth 'garden' and Latinhortus. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *gher-, *ghort- 'to enclose, enclosure'. Its phonetic value is [g].
In the original science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master", on which the two films are based, the character is called Gnut.
1951 depiction
The eight-foot metal robot accompanies Klaatu, a visitor to Earth from an unnamed, distant planet, aboard a flying saucer. He does not speak, but uses a laserlike weapon projected from beneath a head visor to vaporize weapons and other physical obstacles. Klaatu describes "him" as one of an interstellar police force, holding irrevocable powers to "preserve the peace" by destroying any aggressor.
The character was loosely based on Gnut, in "Farewell to the Master", a 1940 Astounding Science Fiction short story written by Harry Bates, used as the basis for Edmund H. North's screenplay. In that story Gnut is a moving green statue apparently attendant upon Klaatu, but identified, in the terminus of the story, as the eponymous "master" over Klaatu.
FRANCE / DEFENCE: Viscount Gort to inspect Maginot Line (1939)
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Lord Gort's Funeral (1946)
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1939 France, Viscount Gort Visits General Gamelin, Allied Powers, WWII Alliance, 35mm
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(20 Nov 1939) Lord Gort on Armistice Day.
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Penshurst Village, Kent.
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Penshurst Village, Kent.
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John Vereker (6th Viscount of Gort) is given the Sword of Honour by the people of Malta in 1944
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SLATE INFORMATION: Honour for Gort of Malta
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CHILDREN Maltese children watch Lord Gort receiving sword of Honour in Malta
GORT, Gen. Viscount Lord. Presented w. Sword of Honour in Malta
MALTA. Lord Gort presented w.Sword of Honour..Maltese children watch
MILITARY BRITISH. Lord Gort presented w.Sword of Honour in Malta
Personalities - Armed Forces; Military - Ceremonial; Ceremonies - Decorations
World War Two, WWII, World War II, Second World War, Allies, war, Allied Forces, ceremony, celebrations, celebration
Background: John Vereker (6th Viscount of Gort) is given the Sword of Honour by the people of Malta in 1944
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Penshurst Village, Kent.
Long shot of Penshurst Castle in Kent. Several shots of a church in Penshurst village where the funeral service to Lord Gort is taking place. Various shots of the people walking through the village. Various shots of the funeral procession led by the military band and followed by formation of troops surrounding the gun carriage with coffin draped in Union Jack. Several shots of the people entering the church in procession - starting with men carrying pillows with medals, followed by woman in black (possibly his widow), and procession of clergymen. Several shots of the funeral service with Guard of Honour on sides of the coffin placed in front of a small chapel.
Date found in the old record 05/04/1946.
FILM ID:2301.09
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1939 France, Viscount Gort Visits General Gamelin, Allied Powers, WWII Alliance, 35mm from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. Clip ref BPA315. For commercial projects only. To order the clip clean and high res, or to find out more, visit http://www.kinolibrary.com. Available in HD.
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1939 EXT Day, France, Various Men In Uniform and General Gamelin Escorting Viscount Gort Into Plane, Spitfire. Gort Is Visiting General Gamelin, Allies, Allied Powers. C/U Train Moving Towards Camera Through Tunnel, Soldiers On Train. POV Train Moving Past Soldiers. Large Artillery, Guns, Turn On Ground.
1939 EXT Day, London, UK. Static Shot Sir John Anderson, Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security in the War Cabinet WW2, Addressing Seated Crowd In Room.
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(20 Nov 1939) Lord Gort on Armistice Day.
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Gort was born in London into the Prendergast Vereker noble dynasty, an old Anglo-Irisharistocratic family, and grew up in County Durham and the Isle of Wight. The family peerage, Viscount Gort, was named after Gort, a town in County Galway in the West of Ireland. His father was John Gage Prendergast Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort, a descendant of Thomas Gage and Margaret Kemble, and descendant from the Schuyler family, Van Cortlandt family, and the Delancey family from British North America.