Family and Education
b. 29 June 1730, 1st surv. s. of Edward, 5th Earl of Drogheda, by his 1st w. Sarah, da. of Brabazon, 1st Earl of Bessborough [I]. m. 15 Feb. 1766, Lady Anne Seymour Conway, da. of Francis, 1st Earl of Hertford, 2s. 7da. suc. fa. 28 Oct. 1758; K.P. 5 Feb. 1783 (one of the original knights); cr. Mq. of Drogheda [I] 5 July 1791; Baron Moore [UK] 17 Jan. 1801.
Offices Held
M.P. [I] 1756 – 58.
Cornet 12 Drag. 1744, capt. 1750, maj. 1752; lt.-col. 1 Horse 1755; lt.-col. 19 Lt. Drag. 1755; col. army 1762; col. 18 Lt. Drag. 1762 – d.; maj.-gen. 1770; lt.-gen. 1777; gen. 1793; f.m. 1821.
Sec. to Lord Northumberland as ld. lt. [I] 1764 – 65; P.C. [I] 29 Aug. 1760; master of the Ordnance [I] 1770 – 97; joint postmaster gen. [I] 1797 – 1806; muster master gen. [I] May-Nov. 1807.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
MOORE, Charles, 6th Earl of Drogheda [I] (1730-1822)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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