Herbert F. Hore
Herbert Francis Hore was an Irish historian, archaeologist, and author, born in County Wexford. The Hore family were relatively large landowners and first arrived in County Wexford in the early stages of the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland and thereafter played a prominent role in the history of the county.
During his life he was also a J.P. for County Wexford, Secretary of the Fishery Commission of Ireland, and a Member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.
His son Philip published an important history of County Wexford.
Early life
Herbert F. Hore was born at Clonattin, Gorey, County Wexford on 14 March 1817.His father was Herbert William Hore of Pole Hore, near Killurin, County Wexford. He was captain of H.M.S. Freija. His mother was Eliza Curling of West Hatch, Essex. They were married on 31 December 1814 at St. James's Church, Westminster. There were four children by this marriage, including Herbert Francis, Edward George, Mary, and Eliza-Sara. Edward George Hore was a midshipman in the Royal Navy.
His mother remarried after Herbert's father died. In 1826 she married Henry Bedford. There were two children from this marriage: Henry Charles Grosvenor Bedford and Mary Frances Bedford.
Marriage
Herbert F. Hore married Dorothea Lucretia Light, eldest daughter of Alexander Whalley Light, 25 January 1840 of Lytes Carey, Somerset. She was a widow at the time. Her first husband was Thomas Bilcliffe Fyler of Teddington, Middlesex, an M.P. for Coventry.Herbert and Dorothea Lucretia had six children - Philip Herbert, Herbert William, Edith Catherine, and three others. Herbert William Hore was a midshipman of H.M.S. Icarus.
For a time the family lived in France, then returned to County Wexford, and later moved to Dublin.
Death
Herbert F. Hore died by suicide at Kildare Street, Dublin on 15 August 1865. He was buried at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin on 18 August 1865.Works
Much of his historical and archaeological work appears in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and its antecedents. He also contributed to a number of other Journals and publications.He also wrote a book titled "An Inquiry Into the Legislation, Control, and Improvement of the Salmon and Sea Fisheries of Ireland", published in 1850.
Herbert F. Hore collected a lot of materials relating to the history of Ireland, and the history of County Wexford in particular. His son Philip H. Hore later published much of Herbert F. Hore's work and these materials between 1900 and 1911 in the six-volume History of the town and county of Wexford.