Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, May 21, 1819. [4th] s. of Dr John (1768), Bishop of Clogher (and Mary Smith). B. [Oct. 11, 1802] at Clogher. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1819. In the 6th Dragoon Guards; Capt., Carabineers. Of Hembury Fort, Honiton, Devon. J.P. and D.L. for Devon. Married, 1830, Elizabeth Gibbs, yst. dau. of Abraham Ludlow, of Heywood House, Wilts. Died Apr. 1887. Brother of John G. (1806) and Charles (1814); father of Edward E. (1861). (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G., which calls him William Henry.)
He married Elizabeth Gibbs Ludlow in 1830
Marriage Notice - Monmouthshire Merlin 24 April 1830
On the 15th instant, at Westbury church, William Porter, Esq. of the Carabineers, youngest son of Dr. Porter, late Bishop of Clogher, to Elizabeth Gibbs, second daughter of the late Abraham Ludlow, Esq. Heywood House
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