| Authorised form of name | Ouseley; Sir; Gore (1770 - 1844) |
| Dates | 1770 - 1844 |
| Date of birth | 24 June 1770 |
| Place of death | Hall Barn Park, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire |
| Date of death | 18 November 1844 |
| Activity | Career:
Went to India and engaged in commercial pursuits (1787); studied Person, Bengalese, Hindu and other languages; obtained a post under Saadut Ali, Nabob Visier of Oudh; returned to England (1805); Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Persian Court (1810); went to Shiraz (1811); mediated between Persia and Russia (1814); returned to England and retired (1815); Privy Councillor (1820); monument to him in Hertingfordbury Church, Buckinghamshire
Honours:
Bt 1808; GCH 1831
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/12/1817 |
| Relationships | Second son of Captain Ralph Ouseley of Limerick; brother of Sir William Ouseley (nomination to Fellowship withdrawn 1797) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1844 No 60 pp 527-528 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/44733962 |
| Royal Society code | NA5666 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1817/15 | Ouseley, Sir Gore: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/2/210 | Letter from Sir Gore Ouseley, 49 Upper Grosvenor Street, to the Royal Society | 4 June 1836 |
| MC/2/209 | Requisition for a Special General Meeting of the Royal Society | 21 May 1836 |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |