Sir William More, 2nd Baronet explained

Sir William More, 2nd Baronet (1644–1684) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons^[1] in the second half of the 17th century.^[2]

He was the son of Poynings More of Loseley Park.^[3] In 1675 he won a by-election at Haslemere, sitting firstly with George Evelyn^[4] and then his uncle, James Gresham.^[5] He sat again from 1681 to 1685 with George Woodroffe.^[6]

External links

• MORE, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (c.1644–84), of Loseley, Surr.

Notes and References

1. A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament Robert Beatson (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
2. Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
3. https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/heritage-culture-and-recreation/archives-and-history/surrey-history-centre/help-for-researchers/research-guides/the-loseley-manuscripts-at-surrey-history-centre/chief-members-of-the-more-family-of-loseley-and-other-main-correspondents Surrey County Council – Chief members of the More family of Loseley and other main correspondents
4. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117057 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714: Eade-Eyton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 440–479. Date accessed: 16 May 2011
5. Web site: Gresham, John (d.1612), of Leicestershire.. History of Parliament Online. 28 September 2020.
6. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/woodroffe-george-1625-88 History of Parliament On-line II, retrieved 2020-09-28