Stephen Moore, 2nd Earl Mount Cashell (19 March 1770 – 27 October 1822), styled Lord Kilworth between 1781 and 1790, was an

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politician. Moore was the eldest son of

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, and Lady Helena Rawdon, daughter of

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. He became known by the

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Lord Kilworth after his father was elevated to an earldom in 1781.thepeerage.com Stephen Moore, 2nd Earl Mountcashell
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for

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in May 1790, but was forced to resign his seat after only a few days on the death of his father. As the holder of an

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, Lord Mount Cashell was not allowed an automatic seat in the English

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on the formation of the Union in 1800. However, in 1815 he was elected an

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, replacing the deceased

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, and was able to take his seat in the House of Lords.

Marriage and children

Lord Mount Cashell married Lady Margaret King, daughter of

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, in 1791. Margaret's mother, Caroline FitzGerald, daughter of Richard FitzGerald M.P., had educated her children by hiring governesses, including the proto-feminist

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. In 1794

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, Margaret's eldest brother, married Lady Helena Moore, Stephen's sister. Lord Mount Cashell acquired numerous other siblings-in-law, doubly closely bonded through the two marriages, including

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, and

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King. The couple had seven children. The second son, Robert, was born in 1793. The third son, Edward Moore, became a Canon of Windsor Cathedral. The eldest daughter, Helena, was born in March 1795. One of the younger daughters, Jane Elizabeth, married in 1819

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The Grand Tour, and marital separation

Death and succession

Lord Mount Cashell died in October 1822, aged 52, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son,

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. The Countess Mount Cashell, who had left him circa 1803 for George William Tighe (by whom she had two more daughters, Lauretta and Nerina), died in January 1835.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mount Cashell, Stephen Moore, 2nd Earl 1770 births 1822 deaths Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 Earls in the Peerage of Ireland Irish representative peers Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tipperary constituencies