Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet

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The Right Honourable Sir
Willam Moore
Member of Parliament
for Antrim North
In office
25 February 1899 – 12 January 1906
Preceded byHugh McCalmont
Succeeded byRobert Glendinning
Member of Parliament
for Armagh North
In office
16 November 1906 – 21 November 1917
Preceded byEdward James Saunderson
Succeeded byWilliam Allen
Personal details
Born22 November 1864
Dublin, Ireland
Died28 November 1944(1944-11-28) (aged 80)
Ballymoney, County Antrim
NationalityBritish
Political partyIrish Unionist
Alma materMarlborough College, Trinity College Dublin

Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet,

British House of Commons from Ireland and a Judge of Ireland, and subsequently of Northern Ireland. He was created a Baronet (of Moore Lodge, Ballymoney, County Antrim
, Northern Ireland) in 1932.

Early life and education

Sir William was the eldest son of Queen Victoria's honorary physician in Ireland, Dr. William Moore of Rosnashane, Ballymoney, and Sidney Blanche Fuller.

Justice of the Peace
.

Sir William was schooled at Marlborough College, then attended Trinity College Dublin,[1] where he was president of the University Philosophical Society. He married Helen Gertrude Wilson (1863-1944) in 1888 and had three children. His eldest son, William (1891-1978), inherited his title on his father's death.[2]

Legal career

Moore was called to the

Queen's Counsel the same year.[1]

In 1903, Sir William was one of the first landowners of Ireland to sell off their estates under the land acts. By the early 1920s he owned a Belfast pied-à-terre called 'Glassnabreedon' (Moore's public school pronunciation of 'Glas-na-Braden'), in the village of Whitehouse, 4 miles north of Belfast. This house was once owned by the son of Nicholas Grimshaw (1747–1805), Ireland's first cotton pioneer.

He became a member of the

Irish Home Rule is said to have alarmed even those who shared his views. Speaking in England on 10 March 1913 Moore made his feelings clear on the possibility of Irish Home Rule: "I have no doubt, if Home Rule is carried, its baptism in Ireland will be a baptism in blood."[3]
He showed little respect for English politicians, and had nothing but contempt for Southern Unionists. The eventual political settlement in 1921 met with his approval.

Political career & death

Moore was a Member of Parliament, representing North Antrim from 1899 to 1906. From 1903 to 1904, he was an unpaid secretary to the Chief Secretary for Ireland.[1] Having lost his Parliamentary seat in the 1906 general election, Moore was elected for North Armagh at a by-election in November that year. He sat for this seat until he was appointed a judge of Ireland's High Court.[1]

He was a Justice of the

Lord Justice of Appeal in the Northern Irish Court of Appeal (1921–1925). He was sworn of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland in 1922 and became the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
, succeeding Sir Denis Henry – a position he held until 1937.

Moore died at his home, Moore Lodge, in Ballymoney on 28th November 1944, less than a week after his 80th birthday. He was buried in the family burial ground, "Lamb's Fold", two days later.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921, John Murray London 1926 Vol.ii p.386
  2. ^ "Death of Sir William Moore". Northern Whig. 29 November 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. ^ Reid, Gerard (1999), Great Irish Voices, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, pgs 252-253, ISBN 0-7165-2674-3
  4. ^ "No. 32346". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1921. p. 4529.
  5. ^ "Sir. W Moore's Funeral". Northern Whig. 1 December 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

Further reading

  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Vol. II 1886–1918, edited by M. Stebton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1978)


Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for North Antrim
1899–1906 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for North Armagh
1906–1917 		Succeeded by
William Allen
Legal offices
Preceded by Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
1925–1937 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Moore Lodge)
1932–1944 		Succeeded by
William Samson Moore
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