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4 unusual facts about Lord Goring


George Goring

George Goring, Lord Goring (1608–1657), Royalist soldier & eldest son of the above

Isle Abbots

In 1645 during the English Civil War Isle Abbots was the scene of a skirmish between parliamentary troops under Edward Massie and Royalist forces under Lord Goring who fought for control of the bridges prior to the Battle of Langport.

Lord Goring

Charles Goring, 2nd Earl of Norwich (1615–1671), second son of the first Earl of Norwich,

George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich (1585–1683), prominent Royalist in the English Civil War



see also

Battle of Faringdon

Battle of Faringdon (1645) fought on 2 May when the leading troops of Lord Goring's command destroyed part of Oliver Cromwell's own regiment near Faringdon

George Goring

George Goring, Lord Goring, fictional character in Anthony Powell's 1952 novel A Buyer's Market, second in the A Dance to the Music of Time cycle.