Earl Mount Cashell, of
Cashell, County Tipperary, was a title in the
Peerage of Ireland
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. It was created in 1781 for
Stephen Moore, 2nd Viscount Mount Cashell, who had previously represented
Lismore in the
Irish House of Commons
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.
He was the eldest surviving son of
Stephen Moore, member of the Irish Parliament for
County Tipperary
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, who had been created Baron Kilworth, of Moore Park in the
County of Cork
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, in 1764 and Viscount Mount Cashell, of the
City of Cashell, in 1766. These titles were also in the Peerage of Ireland. The first Earl was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He sat in the
House of Lords
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as an elected
Irish representative peer
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from 1815 to 1822. His eldest son, the third Earl, was an Irish Representative Peer from 1826 to 1883. He was succeeded by his elder son, the fourth Earl, who in his turn was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Earl. The titles became extinct on the death of the sixth Earl in 1915.
Richard Moore (1725–1761), eldest son of the first Viscount, represented
Clonmel
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in the Irish Parliament. The Hon.
William Moore (died 1810), younger son of the first Viscount, represented
Clogher
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, Clonmel and
St Johnstown in the Irish Parliament. The family seats were Moore Park,
County Cork
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,
Galgorm Castle,
County Antrim
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, and Mount Cashel Lodge,
County Dublin
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.
Viscounts Mount Cashell (1766)
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Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell (1695–1766)
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Richard Moore (1725–1761)
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Stephen Moore, 2nd Viscount Mount Cashell (1730–1790) (created Earl Mount Cashell in 1781)
Earls Mount Cashell (1781)
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Stephen Moore, 1st Earl Mount Cashell
Stephen Moore, 1st Earl Mount Cashell PC (25 July 1730 – 14 May 1790), styled The Honourable Stephen Moore between 1764 and 1766 and known as The Viscount Mount Cashell between 1766 and 1781, was an Irish landowner and politician.
Early lif ...
(1730–1790)
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Stephen Moore, 2nd Earl Mount Cashell (1770–1822)
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Stephen Moore, 3rd Earl Mount Cashell
Stephen Moore, 3rd Earl Mount Cashell (20 May 1792 – 10 October 1883), styled Lord Kilworth until 1822, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and politician who spent much of his life in what is now Canada.
Background and education
Lord Kilworth was bo ...
(1792–1883)
*Stephen Moore, 4th Earl Mount Cashell (1825–1889)
*Charles William Moore, 5th Earl Mount Cashell (1826–1898)
*Edward George Augustus Harcourt Moore, 6th Earl Mount Cashell (1829–1915)
See also
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Viscount Mount Cashell
References
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Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland
Noble titles created in 1781