Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell (1696 – 26 February 1766), known as The Lord Kilworth between 1764 and 1766, was an Irish politician. Moore was the son of Richard Moore, of Cashell,

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

, by the Honourable Elizabeth Ponsonby, daughter of

William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon (1659 – 17 November 1724), was an Anglo-Irish peer. Background He was born in 1659, the third son of Sir John Ponsonby (c. 1608/9 – 1678) of Bessborough in County Kilkenny, a Cromwellian colonel of H ...

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for

in 1738, a seat he held until 1761. In 1764 he was raised to the

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as Baron Kilworth, of Moore Park in the County of Cork. Two years later he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Mount Cashell, of the City of Cashell, also in the Irish peerage. Lord Mount Cashell married Alicia Colville, daughter of Hugh Colville and Sarah Margetson, and granddaughter of Sir Robert Colville and his third wife Rose Leslie. They had several children. Their eldest son, Richard Moore, represented

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in the Irish Parliament while a younger son, the Honourable William Moore represented

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, Clonmel and St Johnstown. Lord Mount Cashell died in February 1766 (only a month after being elevated to the viscountcy) and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,

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, who was created

Earl Mount Cashell Earl Mount Cashell, of Cashell, County Tipperary, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1781 for Stephen Moore, 2nd Viscount Mount Cashell, who had previously represented Lismore in the Irish House of Commons. He was the el ...

in 1781.

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Mount Cashell, Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount 1696 births 1766 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by George III Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tipperary constituencies People from Cashel, County Tipperary