Robert More (botanist)
Robert More
Early life
More was the son of Robert More, (formerly a London merchant), and his second wife Sarah Walcot, daughter of John Walcot of Walcot, Shropshire. His father was the third son of the Parliamentarian Samuel More.[1] More was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge in 1721, and matriculated there in 1723. He graduated B.A. in 1725, M.A. in 1728, and became a Fellow.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729.[1]
Career and travels
More was returned on his own interest as Whig
Out of Parliament, More started building Linley Hall in 1742 from designs by Henry Joynes, who was clerk of the works to John Vanbrugh at Blenheim Palace. Later, he travelled widely in Europe. In 1749 he set out for Portugal, and in October was at Madrid where he became intimate with Benjamin Keene and Spanish ministers, and promoted administrative reform.[1] He spent most of 1750 in Italy and returned to England towards the end of the year via Vienna and Leipzig. He married Ellen Wilson, daughter of Thomas Wilson of Trevallyn, Denbighshire in 1750. In 1751 he travelled to Scandinavia, Russia, and northern Germany, before returning in September.[4]
On 25 October 1753, More was invited, by a group of Protestant Dissenters and burgesses of Shrewsbury, to become a candidate at the forthcoming general election. He was adopted the following day, and with the support of local Whigs and Tories was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury at the 1754 British general election. He made two speeches in the Parliament - on the motion to increase the judges’ salaries on 16 June 1758, and when the House was returning thanks to Speaker Onslow on 18 March 1761. He decided not to stand in 1761.[6]
Later life and legacy
An enthusiastic botanist, More was a friend of
His great-grandson,
Notes
- ^ a b c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "More, Robert (MR720R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Pages 241 to 242,Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
- ^ a b c "More, Robert (1703-80), of Linley Hall, nr. Bishop's Castle, Salop., History of Parliament Online (1715-1754)". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19186. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "MORE, Robert (1703-80), of Linley Hall, Salop". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
- ^ Page 242,Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "More, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.