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]
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edit- ^ A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament Robert Beatson (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
- ^ Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
- ^ Surrey County Council – Chief members of the More family of Loseley and other main correspondents
- ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714: Eade-Eyton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 440–479. Date accessed: 16 May 2011
- ^ "Gresham, John (d.1612), of Leicestershire". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ History of Parliament On-line II, retrieved 2020-09-28
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