Stephen Moore (1836–1897), was an Irish

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. He was born at Barne,

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. He was the son of Stephen Moore and Anna Pennefather, daughter of Colonel Kingsmill Pennefather and his first wife Rebecca Maria Persse, who was a cousin of the celebrated writer

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. Burke, Bernard ''Landed Gentry of Ireland'' London Harrison and Sons 1899 Both his parents came from long-established landowning families in Tipperary. The Moores were a branch of the family who held the title Earl Mount Cashell. Richard Moore (1783–1851),

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and later a High Court judge, was Stephen's great-uncle. Moore then held the seat until the 1880 general election, when he did not stand again. His wife died in 1886.At his own death in July 1897, which was sudden but not unexpected, from long-standing

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, Barne passed to his surviving son, Randall Kingsmill Moore. He was remembered as a good neighbour and a kindly landlord, who prided himself on never evicting a tenant. Obituary in the ''Dublin Daily Express'' 12 July 1896

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* 1836 births 1897 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tipperary constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1874–1880 Irish Conservative Party MPs 19th-century Irish people People from Clonmel Politicians from County Tipperary {{Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub