John Moore, 1st Baron Moore PC (c. 1676 – 8 September 1725), was an Irish politician. Moore was the son of Thomas Moore and Ellen Colley, daughter of

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for Philipstown.thepeerage.com John Moore, 1st Baron Moore of Tullamore
/ref> He was returned to the Irish Parliament for Philipstown in 1703, a seat he held until 1713, and then represented King's County between 1713 and 1715. He was sworn of the Irish Privy Council in August 1715 and raised to the

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as Baron Moore, of Tullamore in the King's County, in October of the same year. Lord Moore married firstly Mary Lum, daughter of Elnathan Lum, in 1697. After his first wife's death he married secondly Elizabeth Sankey, daughter of John Sankey. He died in September 1725 and was succeeded in the barony by his son from his first marriage,

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, who was created Earl of Charleville in 1758.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, John Moore, 1st Baron 1725 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by George I Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Year of birth uncertain Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for King's County constituencies 1670s births