Gort was the son of Leopold George Prendergast Vereker and Helen Marjorie Campbell, and the grandson of the Hon. Foley Charles Prendergast Vereker , the second son of the fourth Viscount .
He was educated at Sevenoaks School in Kent . He joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and fought in World War II , rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander and being mentioned in dispatches .[ 1]
He was a director of Royal Skandia IoM, Invesco Fund Managers IoM, Euronav IoM and Eurofish IoM.[ citation needed ]
In 1962, Gort was a Justice of the Peace for Castletown in the Isle of Man . Between 1966 and 1971 he was a Member of the House of Keys (MHK), the lower house of the Parliament of the Isle of Man .[ 2]
He succeeded to the title of Viscount Gort and Baron Kiltarton of Gort on the death of his first cousin once removed, Standish Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort , in 1975.[ 1]
He married Bettine Mary Mackenzie Green, on 4 July 1946.[ 1] [ citation needed ]
