Moore, Henry (1703-1770)

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ALUMNI DUBLINENSES:
Trinity College, Dublin: Socius Comitatus.
Born at Drogheda, the son of the Earl of Drogheda.
Schoolmaster Mr Walker of Drogheda.
Entered TCD 6 June 1700, aged 19.
BA Vern. 1703
LLD (honoris causa) Sept. 1710.
DD Aug. 1715.

J.P. Earwaker, East Cheshire, 2 vols. (1877-1880), 1.94:
Third son of Henry Moore, third Earl of Drogheda. He marr. Catherine, only dau. of Sir Thomas Knatchbull and widow of Admiral Sir George Rooke; they had two sons, Thomas Moore, DD, and Adm. Sir John Moore, bart., KB.
He was one of Queen Anne's chaplains, and for most of his life lived in London, where he died at an advanced age, having been blind for some years prior to his death.
His parishioner Samuel Finney of Fulshaw, Wilmslow parish, noted: 'It has been observed of Doctor Moore that he was rector well-nigh 60 years (1713-1770). He was one of Queen Anne's chaplains, and a man of quality, and was never but twice in the parish, and at these times only a day or two each time; but then, if his duty was small, his profits were in the same proportion, for he never made more of his living and glebe than £200 a year. He set his tithes during his life, and perhaps his farmers made more advantage of them'.
He d. 1770. he and his wife were bur. at Wilmslow.

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