Lorenzo Moore (MP)
{{Short description|British Cavalry officer and Member of the Irish Parliament}}
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Lorenzo Moore (1744–1798) was a British cavalry officer and a Member of the Irish Parliament for the constituencies of Dungannon{{sfn|Twickenham Museum}} and Ardfert.Edith M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2002) vol. V, p. 502.
Biography
Lorenzo Moore, was born in 1744 in County Wexford, the son of William Moore (born 1716) and Frances (née Hodson) of (Tinraheen near Wexford, Ireland).{{sfn|Twickenham Museum}}
In 1774 Moore was in a captain in the 3rd Regiment of Horse.{{harvnb|Twickenham Museum}} cites an index to the marriages in Walker’s Hibernian magazine 1771 to 1812 by Henry Farrar; London; 1890 Moore became MP for Dungannon, County Tyrone,{{harvnb|Twickenham Museum}} cites Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 1838 and probably resided in Merrion Square in Dublin.{{sfn|Twickenham Museum}}
In 1784 Lorenzo succeeded General Henry Seymour Conway as Colonel of the Battle Axe Guards of Dublin Castle.{{sfn|Twickenham Museum}}{{efn|The Battle Axe Guards provided similar services in Dublin Castle as those provided by the Beefeaters in the Tower of London.{{sfn|Twickenham Museum}}}}
Family
On 1 October 1774 at St Anne's Church, Soho in London, Moore married Henrietta (died 29 July 1840 Twickenham, aged 87), daughter of Sir Stephen Janssen, 4th Baronet and Catherine, daughter of Colonel Soulégre of Antigua. They had three daughters and a son:{{sfn|Twickenham Museum}}
- Henrietta Catherine (baptised 12 September 1776){{sfn|Twickenham Museum}}
- Williamza Caroline Mary, on 13 June 1823 married John Robert Budgen (1791–1866) eldest son of Thomas of Ballindoney, Ireland.{{harvnb|Twickenham Museum}} cite Burke, Sir Bernard Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary p. 175.
- Charles William Soulégre (baptised 30 April 1786){{sfn|Twickenham Museum}}
Notes
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References
- {{citation |title=Lorenzo Moore |website=Twickenham Museum |url=http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/detail.php?aid=283&cid=8&ctid=1 | ref={{sfnref|Twickenham Museum}} |accessdate=9 December 2016}} cites:
- Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 1838
- Burke, Sir Bernard Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary p. 175.
- Henry Farrar's, Walker’s Hibernian magazine 1771 to 1812 London; 1890
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