Charles Moore (1804 – 15 August 1869) was an
Irish politician. He served in the
British Parliament
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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.
[Burke, Bernard. ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland'', Harrison & sons, 1899]
/ref> 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.
Moore's only known speech in the House of Commons was in a debate on the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill.''House of Commons Debates'', 17 February 1866, vol. 181, col. 706-7
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He died 15 August 1869 at his home in Grafton Street.["Charles Moore", ''Legacies of British slave Ownership'', University College London]
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Family
On 12 January 1835 he married Marian Elizabeth Story of Liverpool.[ Their children were:
* Henry O'Hara
* ]Arthur John
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* Marian Edith
* Helena Blanche, became a nun
* Laura Mary, married George Augustus Vaughn, partner in her father's firm, and nephew of John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne
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1804 births
1869 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tipperary constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874
19th-century Irish people
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