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George Moore (Dublin MP)

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As a barrister, Moore practised in the ecclesiastical courts. Between 1817 and 1819 he argued against the abolition of the office of registrar of deeds (for which as deputy he received substantial fees) before the commission on the Irish courts of justice. He unsuccessfully applied for the post of
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in 1832, but the registrar was barred from sitting in Parliament. As a staunch Tory deprived of a political career, Moore attempted to secure the appointment of one of his sons as assistant registrar in 1835, after
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In 1846, after nearly 48 years performing the office of registrar of deeds (first as deputy then substantively), Moore retired on a pension and was succeeded by his deputy,
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returned to government, but was rebuffed. He was also unsuccessful when he requested the office of judge of the
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Dublin constituencies (1801–1922)
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not for life, and he feared being deprived of it if he continued to sit in opposition to
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in 1800. On his father's death in 1799 he was appointed to succeed him as deputy to the
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since 1784. When Ogle died in 1814, Moore continued as deputy to the new registrar
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as candidate. This was probably because his office of registrar of deeds was held
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He was the fifth (fourth surviving) son of John Moore of
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Tory members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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fell in late 1830, and Moore and his Tory colleague
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Index

Summerhill, Dublin
Lorenzo Moore
Trinity College, Dublin
Gray's Inn
King's Inns
Irish bar
registrar of deeds of Ireland
George Ogle
Lord Kilwarden
Ballyhogue
recorder of Dublin
King's Counsel
Orange Order
Dublin University
1826 general election
the city of Dublin
Catholic emancipation
Jewish emancipation
parliamentary reform
1830 general election
office of profit
Tory government
Frederick Shaw
1831 general election
petition to overturn the election
Lord Ingestre
at pleasure
the Whig ministry
act of Parliament
Sir Robert Peel

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