Background
Moore was the son of Thomas Moore of Lyng Manor, Somerset.
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Career
He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War. He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Heytesbury in November 1640 for the Long Parliament and held the seat until he was excluded under Pride"s Purge in 1648. In 1660 Moore was elected Member of Parliament for Heytesbury and Lyme Regis and chose to sit for Heytesbury.
He was a Justice of the Peace for Somerset and Dorset and was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset for 1671-1672.
He was Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset and Somerset from May–October, 1688. Moore died in 1695 at the age of 77 and was buried at Hawkchurch.
His estate was divided between his four sons-in-law. His seat at Hawkchurch passed to Thomas Wyndham, Member of Parliament for Wilton.
Membership
Short Parliament]
In April 1640, Moore was elected Member of Parliament for Heytesbury in the Short Parliament.
