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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. ).

MORDAUNT, CHARLES, 3RD EARL OF PETERBOROUGH and 1ST EARL OF MONMOUTH, eldest son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. Thomas Carey; b.; at school under Busby (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1727/8); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Apr 1674, aged 16; succeeded father as 2nd Viscount Mordaunt 5 Jun 1675; served as volunteer with British fleet in Mediterranean 1674-7, 1678-9, and at Tangier 1680; associated with Essex, Russell and Sidney in 1682; said to have been the first to press the Prince of Orange (William III) “to undertake the business of England”; commanded a small Dutch squadron in West Indies 1687; attended William III on his landing at Torbay Nov 1688; Privy Councillor 14 Feb 1688/9; a Gentleman of the Bedchamber 1 Mar 1688/9 – Apr 1697; First Lord of the Treasury 8 Apr 1689 – Mar 1690/1; created Earl of Monmouth 9 Apr 1689; one of Queen’s Council of Nine 1689; went with King to Netherlands 1691, 1692; quarrelled with William III over conduct of war Dec 1692, and went into fierce opposition; imprisoned in Tower of London for his conduct in Fenwick’s case, and struck off Privy Council 21 Jan 1696/7; released 30 Mar 1697; succeeded uncle as 3rd Earl of Peterborough 19 Jun 1697; helped Somers to translate the Olynthiacs of Demosthenes 1702; restored to favour at Court on avccession of Anne; appointed Captain-Gen. and Governor of Jamaica 22 Dec 1702, but appointment cancelled as he declined to undertake an expedition against the Spanish settlements in the West Indies without the help of the Dutch; readmitted to Privy Council 29 Mar 1705; appointed with Sir Clowdesley Shovell to joint command of expedition to Spain May 1705; surprised Montjuich and captured Barcelona; entered Valencia 24 Jan 1705/6; proceeded to Genoa to arrange with the Duke of Savoy for a combined attack on Toulon; negotiated a loan at an exorbitant rate of interest without authority; returned to Valencia and recalled to England to give an account of his conduct of the war 11 Feb 1706/7; did not return until Aug 1707; employed John Friend (qv) to write An Account of the Earl of Peterborough’s Conduct in Spain; after two investigations by House of Lords, he received a vote of thanks 10 Feb 1710/1; Ambassador Extraordinary in Vienna, Turin, Frankfurt and Naples 1711-3; Col., Royal Horse Guards 19 Aug 1712 – 13 Jun 1715; KG 3 Aug 1713; Ambassador Exraordinary to Italian Princes Nov 1713; Governor of Minorca Mar 1714; recalled on accession of Whigs to power on accession of George I; General of Marine Forces in Great Britain 24 May 1722; Lord Lieut., Northamptonshire 30 May 1689 – 21 Jul 1715; a brilliant but untrustworthy man, of untiring energy and a craving for novelty and excitement; patron of literature and science; m. 1st, Carey, half-sister of Charles Fraser (qv); m. 2nd, Anastasia (Anastasia Robinson, singer), dau. of Thomas Brown, portrait painter; d. on his yacht off Lisbon 25 Oct 1735. DNB.

MORDAUNT, CHARLES, 4TH EARL OF PETERBOROUGH and 2ND EARL OF MONMOUTH, elder son of John Mordaunt, Viscount Mordaunt MP, and Lady Frances Powlett, dau. of Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton; b. 12 Oct 1708 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Sep 1719; in under school list 1723; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Nov 1727; suceeded grandfather as 4th Earl of Peterborough and 2nd Earl of Monmouth 25 Oct 1735; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Thomas Cox, Aldersgate, London, wholesale grocer; m. 2nd, 5 Dec 1756 Robiniana, dau. of Col. --- [Robert ?] Brown; d. 1 Aug 1779.

MORDAUNT, CHARLES HENRY, 5TH EARL OF PETERBOROUGH and 3RD EARL OF MONMOUTH, only surviving son of Charles Mordaunt, 4th Earl of Peterborough and 2nd Earl of Monmouth (qv), and his second wife; b. 16 May 1758; at Harrow Sch. 1770-1; adm. 8 Jul 1772; in school lists 1775; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 May 1776; succ. father as 5th Earl of Peterborough and 3rd Earl of Monmouth 1 Aug 1779; d. unm. 16 Jun 1814.