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Sir Arthur Gorges, (circa 1569 - 10 Oct 1625), was a poet and translator, and courtier.

He was born the son of Sir William Gorges of Charlton, and his wife Winifred Budockshede.

A cousin of both Walter Raleigh and Charles Arundell, he was a member of the Howard circle.

His works include "Lucans Pharsalia" (with a preface in poetry by Walter Raleigh), and a translation into English of Francis Bacon's The Wisedome of the Ancients from the original Latin.

He is included in the Oxford Book of Sonnets (2000) published by the Oxford University Press, along with Walter Ralegh, Michael Drayton, and other poets of the time.

He married twice, first to Douglas Howard in 1584, with whom he had one daughter, and then to Elizabeth Clinton Fiennes in 1597, with whom he had twelve children.

In 1597 he commanded the War-Spite, in which Walter Ralegh sailed as Vice Admiral under the Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux, on the Islands Voyage.

He was one of nine who were knighted on 29 Oct 1597.