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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO

MOORE, Col. Maurice George, C.B. (1902). Educ.: St. Mary's College, Oscott, near Birmingham: Sandhurst; joined 88th The Connaught Rangers, 1875; served Kaffr and Zulu Wars, 1877-79; S. African War, 1899-1902, with 1st Batt. The Connaught Rangers; was present at the battles of Colenso, Spion Kop, Vaal Krantz; commanded 1st Batt. from 7th Dec, 1900, till end of the War: served in Natal, Transvaal, O.R. Colony, cape Colony Master of Harriers, 1891-95; Member Provisional Committee and Inspector-General Irish National Volunteers, 1914-16. Pubn.: An Irish Gentleman, George Henry Moore; second son of late George Henry Moore, M.P., of Moore Hall, Ballyglass, Co. Mayo; b. 1854; m. 1889, Evelyn, dau. of John Stratford Handcock, of Carantrila Park, Co. Galway, and has issue two sons. Res.: Moore Hall, Ballyglass, Co. Mayo. Club: United Arts, Dublin.

MOORE, Major Robert Lyon, late 3rd (King s Own) Hussars; Deputy Lieut. for Co. Donegal; Grand Master City of Derry Orange Order; contested East Donegal as Unionist, 1918. Service: Stn. African War (mentioned in despatches); Egypt in Army, Order of Mejidieh; European War, 20th Div., and Tank Corps: eldest son of the late Robert Lyon Moore, D.L., of Molenan, near Londonderry, and Cliff, Belleek, Co. Donegal, and Marie Elizabeth, dau. of John Munn: b. 1868; m. Sally, eldest dau. of the late General John B. Halderman, United States Army. Educ. at Eppingham. Recns.: fishing and shooting. Res.: Cliff, Belleek, Co. Donegal. Club: Cavalry Club, London.

MOORE, Sir Thomas O'Connor, Bart. (Irld., 1681); eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Emanuel, 10th Bart., and Mary Ann (d. 1850), dau. of A. Ryan O'Connor, of Kilgobbin House, Co. Cork; b. 1843; s. his father 24th June, 1882; m. 27th June, 1908, Katherine Mathilda Howard, only child of the late Captain J. G. Elphinstone, H.E.I.C.S. Res.: 38 Wellingto Road, St. Luke's, Cork.

MOORE, Viscount, Charles Garrett Ponsonby; only son of 10th Earl of Drogheda; b. 23rd April, 1910.

MOORE, The Right Hon. William, P.C. (1921). Educ. at Marlborough and Trinity College, Dublin (M.A., 1886); President and Gold Medallist in Oratory, University Philosophical Society; called to Irish Bar, 1837: appointed Queens' Counsel, 1899; Bencher King's Inns, 1910; called to English Bar, 1899 (Lincoln's Inn); Senior Crown Prosecutor, Belfast; a Judge of the King's Bench Division, High Court of Justice, 1917-21; Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland from 1921; D.L., J.P. Co. Antrim; Member of the General Synod; Chancellor of Diocese of Down; eldest son of the late Wm. Moore, of Moore Lodge, Physician-in-Ordinary to H.M. the Queen in Ireland (High Sheriff, Co. Antrim, 1890; J.P. Co. Antrim): M.P. for N. Antrim, 1899-1906; M.P. for N. Armagh, 1906-17; b. 1864; m. 1888, Mary Helen Gertrude, fourth dau. of Jos. Wilson, D.L., Co. Armagh (deceased), and has issue. Res.: Moore Lodge, Kilrea, and Glassabreeden, Whitehouse, Belfast. Clubs: Ulster, Belfast; Constitutional, W.C.

MOORE-BRABAZON, John Theodore Cuthbert (M.P. for Chatham from 1918): son of Col. John Moore Brabazon, of Tara Hall, Co. Meath: b. 1884; m. 1907, Hilda May, dau. of Charles Krabbe, of Colina, Buenos Ayres. Res. 3 Buckingham Gate, London, S.W.1; Fairway, Sandwich Bay, Kent.

MOORE-BRABAZON, Capt.William. Lockhart Chambre, Capt. late 3rd Batt Royal Irish Regt.; son of late Lieut.-Col. John Arthur Hy. Moore Brabazon, of Tara Hall, Co. Meath; b. 1880; m. 1910, Elsie Louisa, dau. of Jas. Strachan, of Nairn, Scotland. Res.: Tara Hall, Tara, Co. Meath.

MOORHEAD, Thomas Gillman, M.D.; second son of W. R. Moorhead, M.D., 1 Prince of Wales Terrace, Bray, Co. Wicklow, and Mrs. Moorhead, Oakmount, Co. Cork; b. Benburb, Co. Tyrone, Oct. 15th, 1878. Educ.: Trinity College, Dublin, Vienna, and Berlin; M.D. (Stip. Con.), B.A., B.Ch.. B.A.O., Trinity College Dublin; D.P.H., F.R.C.P.I., L.M., Rotunda; late Physician Royal City of Dublin Hospital; Physician Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital; Consulting Physician Monkstown Hospital, and Clonskeagn Fever Hospital; Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin. Author of numerous medical publications.; m. Dec, 1907, Mary Beatrice, only child of the late Robert Erskine Quinn, Drumbanagher, Co. Down. Recns.; climbing, fishing, golfing. Clubs: University Club, Dublin, and Alpine Club, London.

MORAN, David P.; b. at Waterford; son of the late James Moran, builder, Waterford; educ. at St. Vincent's College, Castleknock; founder, editor, and proprietor of "The Leader," Dublin, since 1900. Pubns.: The Philosophy of Irish Ireland; Tom O'Kelly, a novel; m. (1901) Teresa, dau. of Capt. O'Toole, Waterford. Res.: 43 Anglesea Road, Donnybrook, Dublin; Leader Office, 205 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin.