Robert More (botanist)
Robert More (1703–1780) was an English politician, academic and botanist.
Life
He was the son of Robert More, the third son of Samuel More.[1] He was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge in 1721, and matriculated there in 1723. He graduated B.A. in 1725, M.A. in 1728, and became a Fellow.[2]
He travelled widely in Europe; in Spain he became intimate with Benjamin Keene and Spanish ministers, and promoted administrative reform.[1] He was Member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle from 1727 to 1741, and for Shrewsbury from 1754 to 1761; he was mayor of Shrewsbury in 1737.[3] He encountered local opposition in the 1730s from John Walcot, his nephew, who had acquired the manor of Bishop's Castle.[4]
An enthusiastic botanist, More was a friend of Linnæus, and a Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1729.[1][3]
Notes
- 1 2 3
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "More, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - ↑ "More, Robert (MR720R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- 1 2 Condren, Conal. "More, Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19186. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "More, Robert (1703-80), of Linley Hall, nr. Bishop's Castle, Salop., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "More, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by William Peere Williams Charles Mason |
Member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle 1727 – 1741 With: John Plumptre 1727–34 Edward Kynaston 1734–41 |
Succeeded by Marquess of Carnarvon Andrew Hill |
| Preceded by Sir Richard Corbet, Bt Thomas Hill |
Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury 1754 – 1761 With: Thomas Hill |
Succeeded by Robert Clive Thomas Hill |