Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda
Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda PC (Ire) was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.
Early life
He was born Henry Moore as a younger son of Henry Moore, 1st Earl of Drogheda and Hon. Alice Spencer. His elder brother, Charles, married Lady Letitia Isabella Robartes. Among his siblings were Hon. William Moore, Lady Alice Moore, and Lady Mary Moore.His paternal grandparents were Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda, and the Hon. Alice Loftus. His uncle was Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, and his maternal grandparents were William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer and Lady Penelope Wriothesley.
Career
Upon the death of his brother on 18 June 1679, he succeeded as the title of 3rd Earl of Drogheda, a title that had been created for his father in the Peerage of Ireland in 1661. He also succeeded to his family's subsidiary titles, as the 5th Baron Moore of Mellefont and the 5th Viscount Moore. On the death of his sister, the Dowager Countess of Clanbrassil, who had devised upon him the Hamilton family estates in her will, he assumed the additional surname of Hamilton in 1677.He was appointed Privy Counsellor for Ireland in 1680. From 1689 to 1698, he was Colonel of a Regiment of Foot. He was attainted in his absence by the Irish Parliament of King James II in 1689, against whom he fought at the Battles of the Boyne and Limerick on the side of King William III. From 1696 to 1697 and, again, from 1701 to 1702, he served as a Lord Justice of Ireland. In 1699, he was Commissioner for forfeited estates. He also served as Governor of Meath and Louth.
Personal life
On 3 July 1675, he married Mary Cole, daughter of Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Chichester.. Mary was also a sister of Arthur Cole, 1st Baron Ranelagh. Together, they were the parents of:- Charles Moore, Viscount Moore, MP for Drogheda who married Hon. Jane Loftus, only daughter and heiress of Arthur Loftus, 3rd Viscount Loftus.
- Hon. Henry Moore, the Rector of Malpas and Wilmslow who married Catherine Rooke, widow of Vice-Admiral Sir George Rooke and only daughter of Sir Thomas Knatchbull, 3rd Baronet.
- Hon. John Moore, who married Elizabeth Devenish, widow of Edward Devenish of Lincoln's Inn, and youngest daughter of Sir Charles Porter, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, in 1708.
- Hon. William Moore, who married Lucy Parkinson, daughter of Rev. Edward Parkinson, of Ardee, in 1717.
- Hon. Robert Moore, MP for County Louth and Belfast who married, as her third husband, Lady Anne Lennard, suo jure Baroness Dacre, in 1725. The eldest surviving daughter and heiress of Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex and Lady Anne FitzRoy, Anne was the widow of Richard Barrett-Lennard and Henry Roper, 8th Baron Teynham.
- Hon. Capel Moore, who married Lady Mary O'Neill, widow of Charles O'Neill, of Shane's Castle and eldest daughter of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton.
- Lady Alice Moore, who married Sir Gustavus Hume, 3rd Baronet.
- Lady Elizabeth Moore, who married George Rochfort, MP for County Westmeath, in 1704.