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Charles Moore (1804 – 15 August 1869) was an Irish politician. He served in the British Parliament from 1865 to 1869 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tipperary.

Biography

Charles Moore was born 17 June 1804 to Arthur and Mary O'Hara Moore of Crookedstone, County Antrim. He was a partner in the Liverpool merchant firm of Moore Brothers and Company.

He purchased Mooresfort in County Tipperary around 1852 and substantially remodelled the house, reducing it from a three stories to two. He was J.P. for that county. Moore's only known speech in the House of Commons was in a debate on the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill.

He died 15 August 1869 at his home in Grafton Street.

Family

On 12 January 1835 he married Marian Elizabeth Story of Liverpool. Their children were:

Henry O'Hara
Arthur John
Marian Edith
Helena Blanche, became a nun
Laura Mary, married George Augustus Vaughn, partner in her father's firm, and nephew of John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne

Arms

Arms of Charles Moore
Notes Granted 11 November 1856 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms. Crest Out of a mural crown Proper a Moor's head also Proper wreathed about the temples Argent and Azure and charged on the neck with a rose Gules barbed Vert. Escutcheon Azyre on a chief engrailed Or a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper between two mullets pierced of the third. Motto Cedere Non Potest

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