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Who is Maurice George Moore?

Maurice George Moore (1854-1939), the second child of George Henry and Mary Moore, was educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; he went on to a distinguished military and political career. Above, his portrait by Walter Osborne (private collection, present whereabouts unknown) was painted around the time that his brother George decamped from London to Dublin, partly motivated by Maurice’s nationalism and progressive activism.

In 1913 Maurice published a biography of George Henry Moore including an argumentative Preface by his older brother. Ten years later, as a consequence of Maurice’s public service, terrorists destroyed Moore Hall (George’s property). 

Above, an oil portrait by Sarah Cecilia Harrison in the National Gallery of Ireland is captioned Colonel Maurice Moore, Senator, 1930.

Below, three years later Maurice and his last surviving sibling Nina Moore Kilkelly attended George’s funeral at Lough Carra in the Moore Hall demesne.