GORING, GEORGE GORING, LORD (1608-1657), Eng lish Royalist, soldier, son of George Goring, earl of Norwich, was born on July 14, 1608. He served in the Dutch army, and was lamed at Breda in 1637. Returning in 1639 he became governor of Portsmouth, and won favour with parliament by betraying the "First Army Plot." He then became a Royalist, and obtained Dutch recruits in Dec. 1642. In March 1643 he defeated Fairfax at Seacroft Moor, but was taken prisoner in May. In April he effected an exchange, and commanded the Royalist left at Marston Moor, being routed by Cromwell. Later, as lieutenant general of the Royalist horse, his excesses gave the Royalist cause a bad name. In 1845 he went to relieve Oxford, was engaged in the operations round Taunton, and on July io was defeated by Fairfax at Langport. He retired in November. Later he corn manded some English regiments in the Spanish service.