Sir William More, 2nd Baronet (1644–1684) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...
in the second half of the 17th century.
He was the son of
Poynings More of
Loseley Park
Loseley Park is a large Tudor manor house with later additions and modifications south-west of Guildford, Surrey, England, in Artington close to the hamlet of Littleton. The estate was acquired by the direct ancestors of the current owners, th ...
.
[Surrey County Council – Chief members of the More family of Loseley and other main correspondents]
/ref> In 1675 he won a by-election at Haslemere
The town of Haslemere () and the villages of Shottermill and Grayswood are in south-west Surrey, England, around south-west of London. Together with the settlements of Hindhead and Beacon Hill (Hindhead, Surrey), Beacon Hill, they comprise ...
, sitting firstly with George Evelyn[ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714: Eade-Eyton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 440–479. Date accessed: 16 May 2011]
/ref> and then his uncle, James Gresham. He sat again from 1681 to 1685 with George Woodroffe.History of Parliament On-line II, retrieved 2020-09-28
/ref>
Notes
External links
MORE, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (c.1644–84), of Loseley, Surr.
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
1644 births
1684 deaths
People from Surrey (before 1889)
English MPs 1661–1679
English MPs 1680–1681
{{1680-England-MP-stub