Person More; Robert (1703 - 1780) More Robert 1703 - 1780 British Male 1703 Linley, Shropshire 05 or 12 January 1780

Linley Hall, near Bishop's Castle, Shropshire

Botany Education: Queens' College, Cambridge. BA (1725), MA (1728) Career: Fellow of Queens' College; MP for Bishop's Castle (1727-1741); MP for Shrewsbury (1754-1761); travelled to Portugal and Spain (1749), Italy, Vienna and Leipzig (1750), Scandinavia, Russia and northern Germany (1751) Son of Robert More of Linley (formerly a London merchant) and his second wife, Sarah, daughter of John Walcot of Walcot, Shropshire. Married: 1) Ellen, daughter of Thomas Wilson of Trevallyn, Denbighshire; 2) Catherine, daughter of Thomas More of Millichope, Shropshire Fellow 05/02/1730 Martin Folkes John Hadley James D'Arcy Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB (entry for Samuel More (1594-1662)); Venn; Sedgwick; Namier References: Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1780), p51 T E Allibone, 'The Diaries of John Byrom, MA, FRS, and their Relation to the Pre-history of the Royal Society Club' in NR 1965 vol 20 pp 162-183 Notes: GM gives date of death as 12 January 1780, Sedgwick gives 5 January 1780 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1703 - 5 or 12 Jan 1780 NA7509 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes a561adb8-5db7-4d4e-9ea4-57cfa782faa9