Background
MOORE, William was born in November 1864. Son of late William Moore, Moore Lodge, Ballymoney.
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William MOORE
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Marlborough; Trinity College, Dublin (Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, Honours in classics, modern history, Vice-Chancellor’s Prizeman English Composition, President University Philosophical Society, first Gold Medallist in Oratory).
Career
Called to Irish Bar, 1887. Joined North-east Circuit. Called to English Bar, 1899.
King’s Counsel (Ireland), 1899. A Bencher of the King’s Inns. Took prominent part in debates in House on Devolution.
Member of a Plantation family in North Antrim. Justice of the Peace, D.L. Company Antrim. A member of Company Antrim Grand Jury.
One of the founders of the Ulster Council. One of the first to sell estates under the Act of 1903. A member of the Diocesan Court and of General Synod of the Church of Ireland.
Breeds Hereford cattle. Farms; Member of Parliament (Conservative) N. Antrim, 1899-1906. Member of Parliament (Conservative) North Armagh since 1906.
Politics
Conservative.
Membership
Clubs: Carlton; Sackville Street, Dublin; Ulster, Belfast.
