Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda PC (Ire) (died 7 June 1714) was an

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peer and soldier.

Early life

He was born Henry Moore as a younger son of

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(d. 1675) and Hon. Alice Spencer.Charles Kidd and David Williamson, editor, ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (

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, 1999), volume 12, page 1870. His elder brother,

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, married Lady Letitia Isabella Robartes (eldest daughter of 1st Earl of Radnor).George Edward Cokayne, editor, ''The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes'' ();

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, 1983), volume IV, page 463. Among his siblings were Hon. William Moore (who married Lady Elizabeth Brabazon, widow of the 3rd Earl of Meath and daughter of the 14th Lord Dacre and Elizabeth Bayning, ''

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), Lady Alice Moore (wife of the 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil and the 2nd Lord Bargeny), and Lady Mary Moore (wife of the 3rd Earl of Dalhousie and the 2nd Lord Bellenden). His paternal grandparents were Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda, and the Hon. Alice Loftus (youngest daughter of the 1st Viscount Loftus).John Debrett, ''Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland'' (1840), p.249. His uncle was

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, and his maternal grandparents were

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and Lady Penelope Wriothesley (eldest daughter of the 3rd Earl of Southampton).G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes,

, 2000), volume IV, page 463.

Career

Upon the death of his brother on 18 June 1679, he succeeded as the title of 3rd Earl of Drogheda, a title that had been created for his father in the

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in 1661. He also succeeded to his family's subsidiary titles, as the 5th Baron Moore of Mellefont (which had been created for his great-grandfather, Garret Moore, in 1616) and the 5th Viscount Moore (created in 1622, also for his great-grandfather Garret). On the death of his sister, the Dowager Countess of Clanbrassil, who had devised upon him the

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estates in her will, he assumed the additional surname of Hamilton in 1677. He was appointed Privy Counsellor for Ireland in 1680. From 1689 to 1698, he was Colonel of a Regiment of Foot. He was

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in his absence by the Irish Parliament of King James II in 1689, against whom he fought at the Battles of the Boyne and

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on the side of King

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. From 1696 to 1697 and, again, from 1701 to 1702, he served as a

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. In 1699, he was Commissioner for forfeited estates. He also served as Governor of

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and

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.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, pp. 1180-1182.

Personal life

On 3 July 1675, he married Mary Cole (d. 1726), daughter of Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Chichester (a daughter of Hon. John Chichester MP, second son of the 1st Viscount Chichester, and of Hon. Mary Jones, a daughter of the 1st Viscount Ranelagh).. Mary was also a sister of Arthur Cole, 1st Baron Ranelagh. Together, they were the parents of: * Charles Moore, Viscount Moore (1676–1714), MP for

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who married Hon. Jane Loftus, only daughter and heiress of

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. * Hon. Henry Moore, the Rector of Malpas and Wilmslow who married Catherine ( Knatchbull) Rooke, widow of Vice-Admiral Sir George Rooke and only daughter of

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. * Hon. John Moore (d. 1716), who married Elizabeth ( Porter) Devenish, widow of Edward Devenish of

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, and youngest daughter of Sir Charles Porter,

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, in 1708. * Hon. William Moore (d. 1732), who married Lucy Parkinson, daughter of Rev. Edward Parkinson, of Ardee, in 1717. * Hon. Robert Moore (1688–1762), MP for

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and

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who married, as her third husband, Lady Anne Lennard, ''

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and Lady Anne FitzRoy (eldest illegitimate daughter of King Charles II), Anne was the widow of Richard Barrett-Lennard and

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. * Hon. Capel Moore, who married Lady Mary O'Neill, widow of Charles O'Neill, of

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and eldest daughter of

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. * Lady Alice Moore (d. ), who married Sir Gustavus Hume, 3rd Baronet. * Lady Elizabeth Moore, who married George Rochfort, MP for

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, in 1704. Lord Drogheda died on 7 June 1714 and was succeeded in his titles by his grandson,

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, as his eldest son,

, predeceased him. His widow, the dowager Countess of Drogheda, died on 6 May 1726.

References

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