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DROGHEDA 467 MARQUESSATE [I.] III. EARLDOM [1.] VIII. VISCOUNTCY [I.] X. 1837- 3, 8, and 10. Henry Francis Sey- mour (Moore), Marquess of Drog- HEDA, ^c. [I.], also Baron Moore of Moore Place, Kent [U.K.], nephew and h., being s. and h. of Lord Henry Seymour Moore,() by Mary Letitia, da. of Henry Brooke (Parnell), ist Baron CoNGLETON, which Henry Seymour was next br. to the last Marquess, but d. Aug. 1825. He was b. 14 Aug. 1825, at Bath; ed. at Eton circa 1837-41, and at Trin. Coll. Dublin, as " nobilis," B.A. 1845, and LL.D. honoris causa; P.C. [I.], sworn II Oct. 1858; K.P. 7 Feb. 1868; Lord Lieut, co. Kildare 1874 till his death; Lieut. Col. com. Kildare Rifles, fife. A Conservative. He m., 25 Aug. 1847, ^^ St. Geo., Han. Sq., Mary Caroline, ist da. of John (Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie), 2nd Baron Wharncliffe of WoRTLEY, by Georgiana Elizabeth, 3rd da. of Dudley (Ryder), ist Earl OF Harrowby. He d. s.p., 29 June 1892, aged 67, at 1 5 St. James's Place, London, and was bur. at Monasterevan, when the Marquessate of Drogheda [I.] and the Barony of Moore of Moore Place [U.K.] became extinct. His widow, who was b. 17 Oct. 1826, d. 3 Apr. 1896, at Moore Abbey, aged 69. Admon. 1896, at ;/^i2,439. EARLDOM [I.] IX. VISCOUNTCY [I XI. 1892. 9 and II. Ponsonby William (Moore), Earl of Drogheda [1661], Viscount Moore of Drogheda [1622], and Baron Moore of Mellefont [16 1 6], in the peerage of Ireland, cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Ponsonby Arthur Moore, of Ballyhale, co. Kil- kenny {m. 27 Aug. 1 844), by Augusta Sophia {d. 2 1 Sep. 1903), da. of Gen. the Hon. William Henry Gardner, which Ponsonby Arthur (who d. 3 May 1 87 1, aged 54) was s. and h. of the Rev. Henry Moore, of Ballyhale (d. II May 1856, aged 71), who was s. and h. of the Hon. Ponsonby Moore, of Ballyhale afsd. {d. 9 Aug. 1819, aged 89), who was 3rd s. of Edward, the 5th Earl. He was b. 29 Apr. 1846, at Malta. Rep. Peer [I.] 1 899-1908 (Conservative). He w., 16 Oct. 1879 (spec, lie), in the Chapel of Newton College, South Devon, Anne Tower, yst. da. of George Moir, LL.D., sometime Sheriff of Stirlingshire. He d. at Moore Abbey, 28 Oct., and was bur. 2 Nov. 1908, at Monasterevan, aged 62. Will dat. 13 Mar. 1907, pr. over ;^ 18,000. His widow was living 1916. (^) " One of the most amiable and agreeable companions ... his manners were the very type of a high bred gentleman, and extremely fascinating when he pleased. He had a good figure." {Raiies' Diary). V.G.