Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet

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Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet (22 November 1864 – 28 November 1944) was a Unionist member of the British House of Commons from Ireland and a Judge of Ireland then of Northern Ireland. He was created a Baronet (of Moore Lodge) in 1932.

He was the eldest son of William Moore of Moore Lodge, County Antrim. In 1888 he married Helen Wilson, a daughter of a Deputy Lieutenant of County Armagh. He himself became a Deputy Lieutenant for County Antrim and a Justice of the Peace.

He was schooled at Marlborough College, then attended Trinity College, Dublin, where he was President of the prestigious University Philosophical Society. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1887 and to the English bar in 1899. He became an Irish Queen's Counsel the same year.

He was a Member of Parliament representing North Antrim 1899-1906. During this period he was an unpaid secretary to the Chief Secretary for Ireland 1903-1904.

He became a member of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland. He was a founder member of the Ulster Council.

Having lost his Parliamentary seat in the 1906 general election, Moore was elected for North Armagh at a by-election on 16 November 1906. He sat for this seat until he was appointed a judge in 1917.

He was a Justice of the Irish High Court 1917-1921. He became a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1921. Following the partition of Ireland he became a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Northern Irish Court of Appeal 1921-1925. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland in 1922. He was the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland 1925-1937.

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• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Vol. II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stebton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1978)