Charles Moore (Irish MP)
Charles Moore (1804 – 15 August 1869) was an Irish politician. He served in the British Parliament from 1865 to 1869 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tipperary.
Biography[]
Charles Moore was born 17 June 1804 to Arthur and Mary O'Hara Moore of Crookedstone, County Antrim.[1] He was a partner in the Liverpool merchant firm of Moore Brothers and Company.
He purchased Mooresfort in County Tipperary around 1852 and substantially remodelled the house, reducing it from a three stories to two. He was J.P. for that county.[2] Moore's only known speech in the House of Commons was in a debate on the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill.[3]
He died 15 August 1869 at his home in Grafton Street.[4]
Family[]
On 12 January 1835 he married Marian Elizabeth Story of Liverpool.[1] Their children were:
- Henry O'Hara
- Arthur John
- Marian Edith
- Helena Blanche, became a nun
- Laura Mary, married George Augustus Vaughn, partner in her father's firm, and nephew of John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne
References[]
- ^ a b Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, Harrison & sons, 1899
- ^ "Mooresfort", Landed Estates Database, National University of Ireland, Galway
- ^ House of Commons Debates, 17 February 1866, vol. 181, col. 706-7
- ^ "Charles Moore", Legacies of British slave Ownership, University College London
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Moore
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- 1804 births
- 1869 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tipperary constituencies (1801–1922)
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- UK MPs 1868–1874
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