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

Early life

Moore was the son of Richard Moore, of Cashell,

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, by the Honourable Elizabeth Ponsonby, daughter of

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Career

He was returned to the

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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.

Personal life

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, including: * Richard Moore (1725–1761), who represented

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in the Irish Parliament. *

Stephen Moore, 1st Earl Mount Cashell Stephen Moore, 1st Earl Mount Cashell PC (25 July 1730 – 14 May 1790), styled The Honourable Stephen Moore between 1764 and 1766 and known as The Viscount Mount Cashell between 1766 and 1781, was an Irish landowner and politician. Early lif ...

(1730–1790), who married Lady Helena Rawdon, second daughter of

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and Lady Helena Perceval (the second daughter of the 1st Earl of Egmont). * Hon. William Moore (1743–1810), who represented

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, Clonmel and St Johnstown. * Hon. Elizabeth Moore, who married Hon. Ponsonby Moore, a younger son of Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda, in 1768. * Hon. Mary Moore, who married

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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.L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms'' (

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: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 199.

References

, - {{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