Lorenzo Moore (MP)

Lorenzo Moore (1744–1798) was a British cavalry officer and a Member of the Irish Parliament for the constituencies of Dungannon[1] and Ardfert.[2]

Biography

Lorenzo Moore, was born in 1744 in County Wexford, the son of William Moore (born 1716) and Frances (née Hodson) of (Tinraheen near Wexford, Ireland).[1]

In 1774 Moore was in a captain in the 3rd Regiment of Horse.[3] Moore became MP for Dungannon, County Tyrone,[4] and probably resided in Merrion Square in Dublin.[1]

In 1784 Lorenzo succeeded General Henry Seymour Conway as Colonel of the Battle Axe Guards of Dublin Castle.[1][a]

Family

On 1 October 1774 at St Anne's Church, Soho in London, Moore married Henrietta (died 29 July 1840 Twickenham, aged 87), daughter of Sir Stephen Janssen, 4th Baronet and Catherine, daughter of Colonel Soulégre of Antigua. They had three daughters and a son:[1]

• Henrietta Catherine (baptised 12 September 1776)[1]
• Williamza Caroline Mary, on 13 June 1823 married John Robert Budgen (1791-1866) eldest son of Thomas of Ballindoney, Ireland.[5]
• Charles William Soulégre (baptised 30 April 1786)[1]

Notes

1. The Battle Axe Guards provided similar services in Dublin Castle as those provided by the Beefeaters in the Tower of London.[1]

1. Twickenham Museum.
2. Edith M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2002) vol. V, p. 502.
3. Twickenham Museum cites an index to the marriages in Walker’s Hibernian magazine 1771 to 1812 by Henry Farrar; London; 1890
4. Twickenham Museum cites Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 1838
5. Twickenham Museum cite Burke, Sir Bernard Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary p. 175.

References

• "Lorenzo Moore", Twickenham Museum, retrieved 9 December 2016 cites:
  • Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 1838
  • Burke, Sir Bernard Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary p. 175.
  • Henry Farrar's, Walker’s Hibernian magazine 1771 to 1812 London; 1890