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More, Robert Henry, second son of Robert Jasper More, M.P., of Linley Hall, Salop, by Evaline Frances, daughter of the Rev. Edward Carr, LL. D., Canon of Liverpool; b. March 9, 1875; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (H); left Jan. 1891; Lieut. Shropshire Yeomanry; served in South Africa 1900-2; served in Great War I; asst. to Military Secretary, War Office, Aug. 1914 - April 1917; Lieut.-Col. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; Brig.-Gen.; Director of Air Personal Services Jan. 16, 1919; mentioned in despatches L. G. Feb. 12, 1918; C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1918; C.B.E. June 3, 1919; Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Italy; m. Jan. 16, 1919, Phyllis Blanche, younger daughter of the Hon. Francis Parker, M.P., of Bagley Wood, Oxford; d. Nov. 1, 1951.

More, Richard Edwardes, brother of Robert Henry More (q.v.); b. Jan. 3, 1879; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1897, matric. Michaelmas 1897; B.A. 1902; played cricket for Oxford 1900-1 and for Middlesex 1901 and 1904; Sudan Civ. Serv. 1902; Gov. of Khartoum Province 1914; Sudan Agent, Cairo, since 1920; O.B.E. Dec. 5, 1919; 1st class Order of the Osmanieh 1912, 3rd class Order of the Nile 1918, and 2nd class Order of the Nile 1926; C.M.G. 1928; Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile 1931; m. July 21, 1905, Ethel Alice, daughter of John James Bodkin, of Kilclooney, Galway; d. Nov. 24, 1936.

MORE, JOHN; b.; adm.; GS 1540 (British Library, Add. MSS 40061).

More, Jasper Frederick, brother of Robert Henry More (q.v.); b. June 23, 1876; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (R); Q.S. 1889; left Dec. 1894; called to the bar at Lincolns Inn June 24, 1903; Chancery Registrar 1921; attached to the Military Intell. Dept. War Office Aug. 1914 - May 1919; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1918; m. May 28, 1914, Rosamond Winifred, daughter of William Morton Philips, of Weeping Cross, Staffs; d. Nov. 15, 1947.

MORE, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1724.

MORE, ---; b.; at school under Nowell (Brasenose Coll. Oxford MS 31, f. 45b).

Mordaunt, Roy George Allsup, son of Sydney Allsup Mordaunt of Pangbourne, Berks, and Alice, d. of George Brown of Westcliff-on-Sea; b. 21 Aug. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (G); left July 1926; Midland Bank; OBE; m. 12 Mar. 1936 Joan Marguerita, d. of Walter Harold Sturges of Worthing; d. 12. Oct. 1975.

MORDAUNT, HON. JOHN, brother of Charles Mordaunt, 4th Earl of Peterborough and 2nd Earl of Monmouth (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1719; in under school list 1724; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 22 Feb 1725/6, res. 17 May 1736; Lieut. -Col., Duke of Kingston’s Light Horse 4 Oct 1745 – 15 Sep 1746; MP Nottinghamshire 14 Feb 1738/9-47, Winchilsea 1747-54, Christchurch 1754-61; m. 1st, 9 Oct 1735 Mary, widow of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke PC, and dau. of Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe (I) MP; m. 2nd, 11 Mar 1758 (IGI) Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Hamilton; d. 1 Jul 1767.

MORDAUNT, HON. HARRY, brother of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (qv); b. 29 Mar 1663; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1676; tried at the Old Bailey 15 Oct 1679, with David Jones and John Osbaldeston (qvv), for murder of a bailiff, but acquitted (Elizabethan xviii, 83); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1680, matr. 17 Dec 1680, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1680 – void 1687; BA 1684; Lieut. of a corps of Christ Church and other men who trained privately in Peckwater Quadrangle during the panic caused by Monmouth’s rebellion (Wood, Ath. Oxon., i, cii-ciii); adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1673/4; Col. of a Regt. of Foot 25 Apr 1694; Commander in Chief, Guernsey 1 Apr 1697; Treasurer of the Ordnance 8 Jun 1699 – Jun 1702, 28 May 1705 – Jun 1712, and from 2 Dec 1714; Brig. -Gen., 29 Aug 1704; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1706; Lieut. -Gen., 1 Jan 1709; MP Brackley Jan 1691/2-8, Jan 1700/1-2, 1705-8, Richmond from 1708; m. 1st, Margaret, natural dau. of Sir Thomas Spencer, Bart.; m. 2nd, Penelope, dau. of William Tipping, Ewelme, Oxfordshire; d. 4 Jan 1719/20 (M. I. Dauntsey, Wilts. ).