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 life
Moore was the second but eldest surviving son and heir of
Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell and the former Alicia Colville. His elder brother,
Richard Moore, who died unmarried in 1761, represented
Clonmel
Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...
in the Irish Parliament. His younger brother,
William Moore represented
Clogher, Clonmel and
St Johnstown.
His paternal grandparents were Richard Moore of Cashell and the former Hon. Elizabeth Ponsonby (daughter of
William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon).
His mother was the sister and heiress of Robert Colville and daughter of Hugh Colville (son and heir of Rt. Hon. Sir
Robert Colville of
Newtown by his third wife Rose Leslie).
Galgorm Castle near
Ballymena
Ballymena ( ; from , meaning 'the middle townland') is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 31,205 people at the 2021 United Kingdom census, making it the List of localities in Northern Ireland by population, seven ...
passed by inheritance to Stephen from the Colvilles, who had bought it from the Fortescue family in the 1640s, and it became one of the family's principal residences.
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Career
He was returned to the Irish House of Commons
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for Lismore, a seat he held until February 1766, when he succeeded his father in the viscountcy (only a month after his father was elevated to the viscountcy) and entered the Irish House of Lords
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It was modelled on the House of Lords of Englan ...
. In 1781, he was created Earl Mount Cashell, of Cashell in the County of Tipperary, in the Irish peerage
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. In 1785, he was also sworn of the Irish Privy Council.
Personal life
On 3 June 1769, Lord Mount Cashell married Lady Helena Rawdon (1744–1792), second daughter of John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira by his first wife Lady Helena Perceval (herself the second daughter of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont). They had four children, two of whom married siblings, both children of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston and his wife Caroline FitzGerald. Their children were:
Descendants
Through his eldest son and heir, he was a grandfather of Edward Moore, the Canon of Windsor. Through his daughter Lady Helena, he was a grandfather of antiquarian Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough.
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1730 births
1790 deaths
Moore
Earls in the Peerage of Ireland
Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Waterford constituencies