Lorenzo Moore (MP for Dungannon)


Lorenzo Moore was a British Cavalry officer and a Member of the Irish Parliament for the constituency of Dungannon.

Biography

Lorenzo Moore, was born in 1744 in County Wexford was probably the son of William Moore and Frances of.
In 1774 Moore was in a captain in the 3rd Regiment of Horse. Moore became MP for Dungannon, County Tyrone, and probably resided in Merrion Square in Dublin.
In 1784 Lorenzo succeeded General Henry Seymour Conway as Colonel of the Battle Axe Guards of Dublin Castle.

Family

On 1 October 1774 at St Anne's Church, Soho in London, Moore married Henrietta, daughter of Sir Stephen Janssen, 4th Baronet and Catherine, daughter of Colonel Soulégre of Antigua. They had three daughters and a son: