MOORE, William (1699-1746), of Polesden Lacey, Surr.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Constituency

Dates

25 Nov. 1740 - 26 Oct. 1746

Family and Education

bap. 4 June 1699,1 1st s. of Arthur Moore by his 2nd w. m. — (d. 25 Dec. 1740) of Linton, Glos.,2 s.p. suc. fa. at Fetcham Park, Surr. 1730; uncle Col. Thomas Moore at Polesden Lacey 1735.

Offices Held

Biography

In February 1735 Moore sold Fetcham Park to pay his father’s debts,3 succeeding his uncle at Polesden Lacey shortly afterwards. Returned for Banbury by his friend Francis, Lord North,4 he voted against the Administration in every recorded division except that on the motion for the removal of Walpole in February 1741. He was one of the Whigs who signed the opposition whip of 10 Mar. 1743.5 He died 26 Oct. 1746, bequeathing his estates to North’s son, George III’s prime minister, whose trustees sold Polesden Lacey a year later for £5,500 to pay the debts encumbering the estate.6

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Eveline Cruickshanks

Notes

  • 1. Chester, Westm. Abbey Reg. 34.
  • 2. Bodl. North mss, b. 14, f. 78.
  • 3. Wm. Moore to Thos. Moore, 25 Feb. 1735, ibid. c. 11, f. 109.
  • 4. See Ld. North to Wm. Moore, 10 July 1743 and 3 Aug. 1745, ibid. ff. 122, 124.
  • 5. Owen, Pelhams, 198.
  • 6. Bodl. North mss, c. 11, f. 135.