Sir William More, 2nd Baronet

Sir William More, 2nd Baronet (1644-1684) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons[1] in the second half of the 17th Century.[2]

He was the son of Poynings More of Loseley Park.[3] In 1675 he won a by-election at Haslemere, sitting firstly with George Evelyn[4] and then his uncle, James Gresham.[5] He sat again from 1681 to 1685 with George Woodroffe.[6]

Notes

  1. A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament Robert Beatson (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
  2. Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
  3. Surrey County Council - Chief members of the More family of Loseley and other main correspondents
  4. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Eade-Eyton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 440-479. Date accessed: 16 May 2011
  5. "Gresham, John (d.1612), of Leicestershire". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  6. History of Parliament On-line II, retrieved 2020-09-28

MORE, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (c.1644-84), of Loseley, Surr.

Parliament of England
Preceded by
Thomas Morrice
Sir William Browne
Member of Parliament for Haslemere
1675–1679
With: George Evelyn
James Gresham
Succeeded by
Denzil Onslow
Preceded by
Denzil Onslow
Member of Parliament for Haslemere
1680–1681
With: George Woodroffe
Succeeded by
George Vernon
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Sir Poynings More, 1st Baronet
Baronet
(of Loseley)
1642–1649
Dormant
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