Sir George More (28 November 1553 – 16 October 1632)[1] was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1625.
Sir George More | |
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 Portrait of Sir George More. | |
| Born | 28 November 1553 |
| Died | 16 October 1632 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Courtier, politician |
Early life
editMore was the son of Sir William More of Loseley Park, Surrey and his second wife, Margaret Daniell, daughter of Ralph Daniell of Swaffham, Norfolk.[2]
He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[3] He left Oxford after failing his academic exercises, and was admitted to Inner Temple in 1574. He was a Justice of the Peace for Surrey and Sussex and Deputy Lieutenant for Surrey.[4]
Career
editIn 1584, More was elected Member of Parliament for Guildford and was re-elected MP for Guildford in 1586 and 1589.[5] He was provost marshal for Surrey in 1589.[4] In 1593, he was MP for Guildford again. He was High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1596.[4] In 1597, he was elected MP for Surrey.[5] He was knighted in February 1598.[6] From 23 June 1601 to 1613, he was Chamberlain of the Receipt in the Exchequer.[4] He was re-elected MP for Surrey in 1601. He was re-elected MP for Guildford in 1604 and for Surrey in 1614.[5] From 1615 to 1617, he was Lieutenant of the Tower of London. He was elected MP for Surrey again in 1621. In 1624 he was elected MP for Guildford and was elected MP for Surrey again in 1625.[5]
Among his other roles, More was treasurer and receiver general to James I's son, Henry, Prince of Wales, and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter. He was subsidy and loan commissioner, muster commissioner, and commissioner for recusants and seminaries for Surrey. He was a verderer of Windsor Forest and constable of Farnham Castle.[4]
In April 1607 the Earl of Dorset wrote to More hoping he could influence the Countess of Cumberland to arrange the marriage of her daughter Lady Anne Clifford to his grandson Richard Sackville.[7]
Marriages and issue
editMore married first Anne Poynings (died 19 November 1590), (daughter of Sir Adrian Poynings of Burnegate, Dorset and Mary West), by whom he had four sons and five daughters:[8]
- Sir Robert More.
- George More.
- William More. He was a young companion of Prince Henry, and wrote to his father for a horse to ride with the Prince to visit some paper mills.[9]
- John More.
- Mary More, who married Sir Nicholas Throckmorton.
- Margaret More, who married Sir Thomas Grimes.
- Anne More, who married the poet John Donne, much against the wishes of her father, who had Donne imprisoned as a result, though they were later reconciled.
- Elizabeth More, who married Sir John Mills.
- Frances More, who married Sir John Oglander.
He married secondly Constance Michell, widow of Richard Knight, esquire, and daughter and co-heir of John Michell the younger of Stammerham (died 1555), near Horsham, West Sussex, by whom he had no issue.[4][10]
References
edit- ^ Knafla, Louis A. (January 2008). "More, Sir George (1553–1632)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19177. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ J.C.H./M.A.P., 'More, George (1553-1632), of Loseley, Surr.', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, (from Boydell and Brewer, 1981), History of Parliament online.
- ^ A. Davidson and R. Sgroi, 'More, Sir George (1553-1632), of Loseley, nr. Guildford, Surr. and Blackfriars, London', in A. Thrush and J.P. Ferris (eds), The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1603-1629 (from Cambridge University Press, 2010), History of Parliament online.
- ^ a b c d e f "Surrey County Council – Chief members of the More family of Loseley and other main correspondents". Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ^ Knights of England
- ^ J.C. Jeaffreson (ed.), 'The Manuscripts of William More Molyneux, Esquire, of Loseley Park', Seventh Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Part I (HMSO, London 1879), Appendix, pp. 596-681, at p. 668 (Internet Archive).
- ^ 'Crophill, no. 17: George More', in D. Richardson, ed. K.G. Everingham, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 4 vols (Salt Lake City, 2011), II, pp. 1-7, at pp. 5-6 (Google).
- ^ A.J.Kempe (ed.), The Loseley Manuscripts (John Murray, London 1836), pp. 368-70 (Google).
- ^ R.J.W. Swales and A.K.D. Hawkyard, 'Michell, John II (d.1555), of Stammerham, Suss.', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 (from Boydell and Brewer 1982), History of Parliament Online.