Moore Baronets

Moore Baronets

There have been nine baronetcies created for persons with the surname Moore, two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Ireland, two in the Baronetage of Great Britain and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Moore Baronetcy, of Fawley in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 21 May 1627 for Henry Moore. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1807.

The Moore Baronetcy, of Mayds Morton in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of England on 26 July 1665 for George Moore. The title became extinct on his death in 1678.

The Moore Baronetcy, of Rosscarbery in the County of Cork, Ireland was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 29 June 1681 for Emanuel Moore. The title is held by the ninth Baronet's descendant, the thirteenth Baronet.

The Moore Baronetcy, of Jamaica in the West Indies, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 28 January 1764 for the colonial administrator Henry Moore. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1780.

The Moore Baronetcy, of the Navy, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 4 March 1766 for John Moore. The title became extinct on his death in 1779.

The Moore Baronetcy, of Hancox in Whatlington in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 May 1919 for Norman Moore, President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1918 to 1921. The third Baronet does not use his title. The journalist Charles Moore is the son of Richard Gillachrist Moore, brother of the third Baronet.

The Moore Baronetcy, of Colchester in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 October 1923 for Edward Cecil Moore, Lord Mayor of London from 1922 to 1923. The title became extinct on the death of his grandson, the second Baronet, in 1992.

The Moore Baronetcy, of Moore Lodge in the County of Antrim, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 June 1932 for William Moore, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland from 1925 to 1937. The third Baronet was Deputy Lieutenant of County Antrim in 1990.

The Moore Baronetcy, of Kyleburn in the County of Ayr, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 September 1956 for the Conservative politician Thomas Moore. The title became extinct on his death in 1971.

Read more about Moore Baronets:  Moore Baronets, of Fawley (1627), Moore Baronets, of Mayds Morton (1665), Moore Baronets, of Ross Carberry (1681), Moore Baronets, of Jamaica (1764), Moore Baronets, of The Navy (1766), Moore Baronets, of Hancox (1919), Moore Baronets, of Colchester (1923), Moore Baronets, of Moore Lodge (1932), Moore Baronets, of Kyleburn (1956)

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