Charles Moore (Irish MP)

For other people named Charles Moore, see Charles Moore (disambiguation).

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:

Arms

Coat of arms of Charles Moore
Notes
Granted 11 November 1856 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.[5]
Crest
Out of a mural crown Proper a Moor's head also Proper wreathed about the temples Argent and Azure and charged on the neck with a rose Gules barbed Vert.
Escutcheon
Azyre on a chief engrailed Or a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper between two mullets pierced of the third.
Motto
Cedere Non Potest

References

  1. ^ a b Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, Harrison & sons, 1899
  2. ^ "Mooresfort", Landed Estates Database, National University of Ireland, Galway
  3. ^ House of Commons Debates, 17 February 1866, vol. 181, col. 706-7
  4. ^ "Charles Moore", Legacies of British slave Ownership, University College London
  5. ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. F". National Library of Ireland. p. 103. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Laurence Waldron
Daniel O'Donoghue
 Member of Parliament for Tipperary
1865 – 1869
With: Francis Scully 1865
Laurence Waldron 1865–1869 		Succeeded by


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