Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda

Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda
Born 29 June 1730
Died 22 December 1822 (aged 92)
Dublin, Ireland
Buried at Drogheda, Ireland
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Field Marshal
Battles/wars Campaign against the Whiteboys
Awards Knight of the Order of St Patrick

Field Marshal Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda KP, PC (Ire) (29 June 1730 – 22 December 1822[1]) was a British peer and military officer, styled Viscount Moore until 1758.

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Military career

Moore was commissioned as a cornet in the 12th Dragoons in 1755.[2] In 1756 he became Member of Parliament for St Canice.[2] He succeeded his father as Earl of Drogheda in 1758,[2] when his father and younger brother were drowned in the Irish Sea. Moore was elected Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland in 1858, a post he held for the next both years.[3]

Drogheda commanded the 18th Light Dragoons in operations against the Whiteboys in Ireland from 1762. In 1791 he was created Marquess of Drogheda and in 1793 he was promoted to General. In 1801, he was made Baron Moore, of Moore Place in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was promoted to Field Marshal in 1821.[2]

Political career

Moore became Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1763. In 1776 he became Member of Parliament for Horsham.[2] In 1797 he was appointed one of the joint Postmaster General of Ireland, a post he held until 1806.[4] Moore was an important patron of the artist William Ashford.[5]

Family

Lord Drogheda married Lady Anne Seymour-Conway, the daughter of Francis Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford, on 15 February 1766. They had eight children.[4]

References and sources

  1. ^ The year is sometimes given as 1821. The Annual Biography for 1823 suggests the year was 1822, his remains arriving in Ireland in January 1823.
  2. ^ a b c d e Heathcote, p. 222
  3. ^ Waite, Arthur Edward (2007). A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry. vol. I. Cosimo, Inc.. pp. 400. ISBN 1602066418. 
  4. ^ a b "Person Page 5501". thepeerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p5501.htm#i55009. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
  5. ^ "A mountainous lake landscape with travellers on a path in the foreground and boats on the lake beyond: Attributed to William Ashford". Christie's. 2008-12-03. http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5159389. Retrieved 24 August 2010. 

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Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Richard Dawson
Hervey Morres
Member of Parliament for St Canice
1757 – 1759
With: Richard Dawson
Succeeded by
Richard Dawson
Eland Mossom
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
James Wallace
Jeremiah Dyson
Member of Parliament for Horsham
1776 – 1780
With: James Wallace
Succeeded by
James Wallace
Viscount Lewisham
Masonic offices
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Lord Newtown-Butler
Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland
1758–1760
Succeeded by
The Earl of Charleville
Political offices
Preceded by
William Gerard Hamilton
Chief Secretary for Ireland
1764–1765
Succeeded by
Viscount Conway
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Marquess of Drogheda
1791–1822
Succeeded by
Charles Moore
Preceded by
Edward Moore
Earl of Drogheda
1758–1822
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Moore
1801–1822
Succeeded by
Charles Moore