John Moore, 1st Baron Moore
John Moore, 1st Baron Moore PC (c. 1676 – 8 September 1725), was an Irish politician.
Moore was the son of Thomas Moore and Ellen Colley, daughter of , Member of Parliament for Philipstown.[1] He was returned to the Irish Parliament for Philipstown in 1703, a seat he held until 1713, and then represented King's County between 1713 and 1715.[2] He was sworn of the Irish Privy Council in August 1715[3] and raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Moore, of Tullamore in the King's County, in October of the same year.[4]
Lord Moore married firstly Mary Lum, daughter of Elnathan Lum, in 1697. After his first wife's death he married secondly Elizabeth Sankey, daughter of John Sankey. He died in September 1725 and was succeeded in the barony by his son from his first marriage, Charles, who was created Earl of Charleville in 1758.[1]
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- ^ a b thepeerage.com John Moore, 1st Baron Moore of Tullamore
- ^ "leighrayment.com Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors - Ireland
- ^ "No. 5368". The London Gazette. 27 September 1715. p. 2.
- 1725 deaths
- Barons in the Peerage of Ireland
- Peers of Ireland created by George I
- Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
- Irish MPs 1703–1713
- Irish MPs 1713–1714
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for King's County constituencies
- 1670s births