Sir William More, 2nd Baronet

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]

Notes

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. Surrey County Council – Chief members of the More family of Loseley and other main correspondents
4. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714: Eade-Eyton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 440–479. Date accessed: 16 May 2011
5. "Gresham, John (d.1612), of Leicestershire". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
6. History of Parliament On-line II, retrieved 2020-09-28

External links

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

Parliament of England
Preceded by Thomas Morrice Sir William Browne	Member of Parliament for Haslemere 1675–1679 With: George Evelyn James Gresham	Succeeded by Denzil Onslow
Preceded by Denzil Onslow	Member of Parliament for Haslemere 1680–1681 With: George Woodroffe	Succeeded by George Vernon
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Poynings More	Baronet (of Loseley) 1642–1649	Dormant