Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell

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, by the Honourable Elizabeth Ponsonby, daughter of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon.[1] He was returned to the Irish House of Commons for County Tipperary in 1738, a seat he held until 1761.[2] In 1764 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Kilworth, of Moore Park in the County of Cork.[3] Two years later he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Mount Cashell, of the City of Cashell, also in the Irish peerage.[1]

Lord Mount Cashell married Alicia Colville, daughter of Hugh Colville. They had several children. Their eldest son, Richard Moore, represented Clonmel in the Irish Parliament while a younger son, the Honourable William Moore represented Clogher, 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, Stephen, who was created Earl Mount Cashell in 1781.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 thepeerage.com Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount Mountcashell
  2. ↑ leighrayment.com Irish House of Commons, 1692–1800
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 10426. p. 3. 12 June 1764.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
George Mathew
Nehemiah Donnellan		 Member of Parliament for County Tipperary
1738–1761
With: Nehemiah Donnellan		 Succeeded by
Henry Prittie
Sir Thomas Maude, Bt
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Viscount Mount Cashell
January–February 1766 		Succeeded by
Stephen Moore
Baron Kilworth
1764–1766
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