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Charles Moore (Irish MP)

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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

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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

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On 12 January 1835 he married Marian Elizabeth Story of Liverpool.[1] Their children were:

Arms

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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

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  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.
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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