Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore

Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore PC (I) (c. 1564 - 9 November 1627) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.

Moore was the son of Sir Edward Moore and Elizabeth Clifford.^[1] He was invested as a Knight in 1599 by Elizabeth I of England. He held the office of Seneschal of Cavan in 1601. He was a staunch friend of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, hosting the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Mellifont in 1603 and the ending the Nine Years' War. Moore was invested as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1604 and served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Dungannon in 1613. He held the office of President of Munster in 1615. On 20 July 1616 he was created Baron Moore, of Mellefont in the County of Louth in the Peerage of Ireland. He was further honoured when he was created Viscount Moore, of Drogheda, also in the Peerage of Ireland, on 7 February 1621.^[2]

He married Mary Colley, daughter of Sir Henry Colley and Katherine Cusack. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles. Moore's grandson, Henry Moore, was created Earl of Drogheda in 1661.^[3]

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