Colonel Nathaniel Montgomery-Moore (1757 – 4 December 1834) of Garvey, Co. Tyrone and Fassaroe Castle, Co. Wicklow was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was the son of General Alexander Montgomery of Ballyleck, Co. Monaghan, M.P. for

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in 1743–1760 and 1768–1783. Nathaniel was the eldest son of his father's second wife Eleanora Moore, daughter of Acheson Moore of Garvey. His full sisters were Sidney and Maria Montgomery. His father's first wife was Catharine Willoughby, daughter of Colonel Hugh Willoughby of Carrow, County Fermanagh in 1746, by whom he had Nathaniel's three half-brothers Colonel John Montgomery (M.P. for County Monaghan. Colonel in the Monaghan Militia. d.s.p.), Colonel Hugh Montgomery (1749–1794, Colonel in the Honourable East India Company's service. Died unmarried in Madras, India), Revd Robert Montgomery (1753–1825, Rector of Monaghan). Nathaniel assumed in right of his mother the surname and arms of Moore. He was elected an MP in the Parliament of Ireland for

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in 1781 and for

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in 1798 and was appointed

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for 1786–77. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the

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on 1 June 1794 and commanded the regiment during the

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. He resigned on 30 April 1799.QM John Core, ''Historical Record of the 2nd (now 80th), or Royal Tyrone Fusilier Regiment of Militia, from the Embodiment in 1793 to the Present Time'', Omagh: Alexander Scarlett, 1872/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-84342-484-0, pp. 6–26. He died in 1834. He had married Mary Anne, the daughter of Alexander Boyd, of Ballycastle, Co. Antrim and had four sons. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Alexander James Montgomery-Moore.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Montgomery, Nathaniel 1757 births 1834 deaths Irish MPs 1776–1783 Irish MPs 1798–1800 High sheriffs of Tyrone Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tyrone constituencies Tyrone Militia officers Clan Montgomery