William Gore (provost marshal)

William Gore (1765 – 1845) was a provost marshal in the British colony of New South Wales during the early 1800s. During the Rum rebellion he was imprisoned for his support of Governor William Bligh. Gore was released after two years but later in his career was again incarcerated for unpaid debts and for wilfully shooting a soldier. Gore was the first British settler of Artarmon, which is now a suburb in the Lower North Shore of Sydney. The suburb of Gore Hill, which was part of his original Artarmon land grant, is named after him. rdf:langString